Carved, wooden mask. Center is carved face. Outer border is flattened, round panel with two carved lizards on painted ground, surmounted by male and female in boat.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
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)
Dimensions:
height 53 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “36. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-2