Mask

Museum number:
5-16199
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-508 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo mask; carved and painted wood, black with 2 curled horns. elongated face with small square mouth and teeth; "C" shaped ears, 2 larged curled horns. close set small eye holes, scalloped hair. Conservation: Drying cracks in right cheek, above right eye, and along left side. Ibo Mask (Udi 1, 400) Black mask, old curled horns. rolls on head
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; 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:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Collectors note states mask is "old". Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 132B
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16199, described as Ibo mask; carved and painted wood, black with 2 curled horns. elongated face with small square mouth and teeth; "C" shaped ears, 2 larged curled horns. close set small eye holes, scalloped hair. Conservation: Drying cracks in right cheek, above right eye, and along left side. Ibo Mask (Udi 1, 400) Black mask, old curled horns. rolls on headHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16199, described as Ibo mask; carved and painted wood, black with 2 curled horns. elongated face with small square mouth and teeth; "C" shaped ears, 2 larged curled horns. close set small eye holes, scalloped hair. Conservation: Drying cracks in right cheek, above right eye, and along left side. Ibo Mask (Udi 1, 400) Black mask, old curled horns. rolls on head

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