Mask

Museum number:
5-14275
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014275
Accession number:
Acc.3549
Description:
Mask, face mask, anthropomorphic; white ground, varicolored features in black, red, green and yellow; eye slits. Height 22 cm.
Donor:
James Gilbert Paltridge
Collection place:
Umaka village, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Igbo (ibo); Niger River; Oweri; Umaka village
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14275, described as Mask, face mask, anthropomorphic; white ground, varicolored features in black, red, green and yellow; eye slits. Height 22 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14275, described as Mask, face mask, anthropomorphic; white ground, varicolored features in black, red, green and yellow; eye slits. Height 22 cm.

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