Ijo headpeice/mask (Accra). Three fishes. White and red paint on eyes and fins. Carved in 1944. 21 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Accra, Ijaw; Carved by a member of the Ifay community in Accra, Ghana.
Culture or time period:
Ijo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #84: San Francisco State University (May 6, 1966–May 16, 1966) and S1966-1967 #27: San Francisco State University (November 7, 1966–November 8, 1966)