Wood mask

Museum number:
5-13254
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3275
Description:
Mask; anthropomorphic face mask; carved teeth and tongue with traces of red pigment; large eye openings; flat top; brown-stained ground; height 33.8 cm
Donor:
Mrs. Melvin S. Silverman
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
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 1976
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask, accession number 5-13254, described as Mask; anthropomorphic face mask; carved teeth and tongue with traces of red pigment; large eye openings; flat top; brown-stained ground; height 33.8 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask, accession number 5-13254, described as Mask; anthropomorphic face mask; carved teeth and tongue with traces of red pigment; large eye openings; flat top; brown-stained ground; height 33.8 cm

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