Mask

Museum number:
5-16173
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016173
Alternate number:
B-373 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo mask, carved wood, painted black with white details; hole pierced through the length of the mask, from top of crown to chin; several attachment holes for attachment of raffia or drape. Conservation: Chipped at bottom. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 200, 1945). Small black with white pots on head and chin. Roughly carved, worn on top of head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Worn on top of head
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters, height 17 centimeters, and length 10 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 4-Bascom-5
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16173, described as Ibo mask, carved wood, painted black with white details; hole pierced through the length of the mask, from top of crown to chin; several attachment holes for attachment of raffia or drape. Conservation: Chipped at bottom. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 200, 1945). Small black with white pots on head and chin. Roughly carved, worn on top of head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16173, described as Ibo mask, carved wood, painted black with white details; hole pierced through the length of the mask, from top of crown to chin; several attachment holes for attachment of raffia or drape. Conservation: Chipped at bottom. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 200, 1945). Small black with white pots on head and chin. Roughly carved, worn on top of head.

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