Ibo "Big Man" mask; carved and painted wood with 2 birds and a cat on head, 2 horns wrap from back to front ending over each eye. painted black with highlights in a lighter color around eye holes above right eye and on right forehead. 4 square holes in head for attachments. prominent, large mouth with large teeth. cat has spalled "skin". Conservation: Drying cracks in cat tail, upper lip, forehead, base of chin. Ibo Mask (Udi 2, 1200, 1945) Medium-large, black, "big man" with two birds and cat
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa, Nigeria, Udi, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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:
December 9, 1998
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 59.5 centimeters, width 23 centimeters, and height 29 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 133A
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)