Mask

Museum number:
5-3314
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-70 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Black; eyes outlined with metal strips; hair hanging from snout.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Dan tribe
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 25.4 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 33:16Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-9
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964) and S1965-1966 #77: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (March 30, 1966–May 2, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3314, described as Carved wooden face mask. Black; eyes outlined with metal strips; hair hanging from snout.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3314, described as Carved wooden face mask. Black; eyes outlined with metal strips; hair hanging from snout.

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