Mask

Museum number:
5-13252
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
230 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3275
Description:
mask representing human head w/ 3 double gourd medicine calabashes in full relief on 'Eshu' hairstyle which falls to one side; hemispherical base; black pigment w/ white on eyes and some red; h. ca. 30.5 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Melvin S. Silverman
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
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
Accession date:
December 1976
Context of use:
Egungun cult mask
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 30.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13252, described as mask representing human head w/ 3 double gourd medicine calabashes in full relief on 'Eshu' hairstyle which falls to one side; hemispherical base; black pigment w/ white on eyes and some red; h. ca. 30.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13252, described as mask representing human head w/ 3 double gourd medicine calabashes in full relief on 'Eshu' hairstyle which falls to one side; hemispherical base; black pigment w/ white on eyes and some red; h. ca. 30.5 cm.

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