Mask

Museum number:
5-13480
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013480
Alternate number:
B-1082 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
Senufo mask. Face mask w/2 vertical projections at base; carved and stained palm wood. Abidjan 1963: #86. 12.39.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Mali/ Ivory Coast/ Upper Volta, Senufo; Collected at Abidian
Culture or time period:
Senufo
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:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-7
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13480, described as Senufo mask. Face mask w/2 vertical projections at base; carved and stained palm wood. Abidjan 1963: #86. 12.39.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13480, described as Senufo mask. Face mask w/2 vertical projections at base; carved and stained palm wood. Abidjan 1963: #86. 12.39.

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