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Start Over Object class Masks (costume) Collection place Abeokuta, Nigeria
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3430, described as carved wooden hare mask; bearded human face with hare ears; hare effigy between the ears; intricately carved design elements; yellow, green, black, and red; 18" high.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15490, described as mask, helmet type, wood, handcarved; stylized human face in low relief, painted red; words "iyalode" and "ecuyai" incised across forehead; stylized black hair fastened in top knot; H ca. 24.0 cm. x L (lips to back of head) ca 28.0 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15651, described as mask, wood, handcarved; concave bowl-shaped platform w/head of Eshu nailed on top. Eshu figure with scarification on cheeks and forehead, and large tuft of hair extending from upper left side of head; monkey heads (3), bird, and yam (?), and antelope (?) head nailed near outer edge of bowl; ring of nails at rim; H = 23.0cm, Dia. = 30.0cm. with bag of fragments

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