Mask of two faces with feather headdress (ngu ebibi or nlo ngu); 13 1/2" front of one face to front of the other. [handwritten on card: H. ONE FACE ONLY 27 cm.] Per inventory 6/13/12, found with cloth fragment in bag. Also "associated" with feather bundle/ornament.
Donor:
James W. Fernandez and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Gabon, Fang
Culture or time period:
Fang
Collector:
James W. Fernandez
Collection date:
1960
Materials:
Feather (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 27 centimeters and length 34.29 centimeters
Comment:
Old mask dating from before first world war. Discovered cached away in Southern District Oyem. Greatly admired by all Fang who subsequently saw it. Oldest mask known associated with dance of "ngu". (See no. 5-1785 a,b). Sculptor unknown.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)