Head mask

Museum number:
5-3813
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1829
Description:
Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Aguleri, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Aguleri; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #14: Department of Art (UC Santa Barbara) (November 12, 1970–January 20, 1971) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Head mask, accession number 5-3813, described as Wooden head mask; Agbala; top piece elaborately carved in forms of horned animals; strips of burlap stiched around bottom; 19.5 inches high.

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