Miniature wooden mask

Museum number:
5-14847
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3882
Description:
Mask, miniature, anthropomorphic; reddish brown patinated surface with some encrustation; upper half on lower plane than lower half; nose and mouth in full relief. Height 11.7 cm. “Miniature replicas of these masks were carried by men so that they could benefit fro the power of their family mask; these maskettes had power of their own and the sections of kola nuts in divination were touched to them before being cast on the ground.”
Donor:
Mrs. Stanley Zuckerman and Stanley Zuckerman
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast; Dan
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Miniature wooden mask, accession number 5-14847, described as Mask, miniature, anthropomorphic; reddish brown patinated surface with some encrustation; upper half on lower plane than lower half; nose and mouth in full relief. Height 11.7 cm. “Miniature replicas of these masks were carried by men so that they could benefit fro the power of their family mask; these maskettes had power of their own and the sections of kola nuts in divination were touched to them before being cast on the ground.”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature wooden mask, accession number 5-14847, described as Mask, miniature, anthropomorphic; reddish brown patinated surface with some encrustation; upper half on lower plane than lower half; nose and mouth in full relief. Height 11.7 cm. “Miniature replicas of these masks were carried by men so that they could benefit fro the power of their family mask; these maskettes had power of their own and the sections of kola nuts in divination were touched to them before being cast on the ground.”

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