Mask

Museum number:
5-4627
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004627
Accession number:
Acc.2007
Description:
Modern wooden mask; white painted ground, black and red paint; pair of sculped horns at top; ht. 18 inches.
Donor:
Office National Gabonais du Tourisme
Collection place:
Libreville, Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon; Libreville
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
May 1, 1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971) and S1980-1981 #77: California Arts Council (June 19, 1981–June 30, 1981)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-4627, described as Modern wooden mask; white painted ground, black and red paint; pair of sculped horns at top; ht. 18 inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-4627, described as Modern wooden mask; white painted ground, black and red paint; pair of sculped horns at top; ht. 18 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-4627, described as Modern wooden mask; white painted ground, black and red paint; pair of sculped horns at top; ht. 18 inches.

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