Mask

Museum number:
5-15604
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4556
Description:
Container (?), wood. Double iron hook. Decorated with cowrie shells and seed beads inserted in base of container. Oval cross section. Four eyebrow-like slits on one side, two on other. Height 14.5 cm, Length 16.6 cm. From West Africa, Sahel.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Sahel
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
1.0 Use not specified (Utensils, Implements, and Conveyances)
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-15604, described as Container (?), wood. Double iron hook. Decorated with cowrie shells and seed beads inserted in base of container. Oval cross section. Four eyebrow-like slits on one side, two on other. Height 14.5 cm, Length 16.6 cm. From West Africa, Sahel.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-15604, described as Container (?), wood. Double iron hook. Decorated with cowrie shells and seed beads inserted in base of container. Oval cross section. Four eyebrow-like slits on one side, two on other. Height 14.5 cm, Length 16.6 cm. From West Africa, Sahel.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15604, described as Container (?), wood. Double iron hook. Decorated with cowrie shells and seed beads inserted in base of container. Oval cross section. Four eyebrow-like slits on one side, two on other. Height 14.5 cm, Length 16.6 cm. From West Africa, Sahel.

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