Mask

Museum number:
5-16210
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016210
Alternate number:
B-1135 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Bambara antelope mask/headpiece. carved and painted/stained wood. stylized mother antelope with baby standing on her back; muzzle and head decorted with bands and dots. long spiraled horns, attached to a rectangular base, two holes in base for attachment.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
C. Africa; Congo; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial, purchased in Abidjan
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 81.5 centimeters and width 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16210, described as Bambara antelope mask/headpiece. carved and painted/stained wood. stylized mother antelope with baby standing on her back; muzzle and head decorted with bands and dots. long spiraled horns, attached to a rectangular base, two holes in base for attachment.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16210, described as Bambara antelope mask/headpiece. carved and painted/stained wood. stylized mother antelope with baby standing on her back; muzzle and head decorted with bands and dots. long spiraled horns, attached to a rectangular base, two holes in base for attachment.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16210, described as Bambara antelope mask/headpiece. carved and painted/stained wood. stylized mother antelope with baby standing on her back; muzzle and head decorted with bands and dots. long spiraled horns, attached to a rectangular base, two holes in base for attachment.

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