Mask

Museum number:

5-5357

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050005357

Alternate number:

B-37 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.2067

Description:

Carved, wooden mask. Zig-zag motif incised at top. Face surmounted by standing female.

Donor:

Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Cote d'Ivoire

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)

Culture or time period:

Baule

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

Summer 1965

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)

Accession date:

1965

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

height 50 centimeters

Comment:

Original # on object is “37”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20.. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A,V-30-2

Loans:

S1969-1970 #87: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (February 19, 1970–March 9, 1970)

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