Mask

Museum number:
5-13484
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1270 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
Guro Mask; carved human face w/ remnants of feathers on top. 17.0” without feathers. Purchased 1970, $280.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ivory Coast, Guro; Purchased from Pierre Verite in Paris
Culture or time period:
Guro
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 27, 1977
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File.Notations on back of photograph read as follows: “Masque - Visage Humain Bois Sculpte. Teinte noir Au sommet, element emblemalique pom recevoir un accountiement de plumes. Peuple Gouro, Cote d’ Ivoire”. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117C
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-13484, described as Guro Mask; carved human face w/ remnants of feathers on top. 17.0” without feathers. Purchased 1970, $280.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-13484, described as Guro Mask; carved human face w/ remnants of feathers on top. 17.0” without feathers. Purchased 1970, $280.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-13484, described as Guro Mask; carved human face w/ remnants of feathers on top. 17.0” without feathers. Purchased 1970, $280.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13484, described as Guro Mask; carved human face w/ remnants of feathers on top. 17.0” without feathers. Purchased 1970, $280.

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