Mask

Museum number:
5-5293
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Wooden, anthropomorphic mask. Incised, cowrie shell trim, surmounted by human torso with protruding navel H = 80.0cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “25”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 11:1; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 118c
Loans:
S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5293, described as Wooden, anthropomorphic mask. Incised, cowrie shell trim, surmounted by human torso with protruding navel H = 80.0cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5293, described as Wooden, anthropomorphic mask. Incised, cowrie shell trim, surmounted by human torso with protruding navel H = 80.0cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5293, described as Wooden, anthropomorphic mask. Incised, cowrie shell trim, surmounted by human torso with protruding navel H = 80.0cm

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