Mask

Museum number:
5-3260
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003260
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Human features with recessed eyes and long, broad nose. L = 11.0”; W = 5.5”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Senufo
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)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-3
Loans:
S1966-1967 #34: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 28, 1966–December 9, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3260, described as Carved wooden face mask. Human features with recessed eyes and long, broad nose. L = 11.0”; W = 5.5”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3260, described as Carved wooden face mask. Human features with recessed eyes and long, broad nose. L = 11.0”; W = 5.5”.

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