Helmet mask

Museum number:
5-4721
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050004721
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Wooden helmet mask. Stylized animal head with 5 horn-like projections on snout. Painted brown all over. 39.5 cm.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
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 “61”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:6.
Loans:
S1965-1966 #77: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (March 30, 1966–May 2, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-4721, described as Wooden helmet mask. Stylized animal head with 5 horn-like projections on snout. Painted brown all over. 39.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-4721, described as Wooden helmet mask. Stylized animal head with 5 horn-like projections on snout. Painted brown all over. 39.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-4721, described as Wooden helmet mask. Stylized animal head with 5 horn-like projections on snout. Painted brown all over. 39.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-4721, described as Wooden helmet mask. Stylized animal head with 5 horn-like projections on snout. Painted brown all over. 39.5 cm.

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