Mask

Museum number:
5-3224
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-81 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carv ed wooden mask in the form of an elephants head, including tusks and trunk.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 64.73 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117C
Loans:
S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3224, described as Carv ed wooden mask in the form of an elephants head, including tusks and trunk.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3224, described as Carv ed wooden mask in the form of an elephants head, including tusks and trunk.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3224, described as Carv ed wooden mask in the form of an elephants head, including tusks and trunk.

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