Mask; black; tear drop shaped face with indentation across slit eyes; pursed, open mouth; narrow nose; holes around edges. Worn. Evaluation $ 400.00. Collected at Abidjan, 1963: #203, 13.39.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Dan (Murdock 33:16)
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
January 1969
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 26.5 centimeters and width 14.5 centimeters
Comment:
See acc. env. and catalogue card for additional info. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-8. Exhibited: College of San Mateo, 1967; Contra Costa College 1968.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)