Mask, helmet type with openings for eyes, mouth; coiled palm leaf stitch work with cotton thread on split grass bundle foundation overlaid with jequirity beans; tassel pendants of jequirity beans ending in cotton balls; height 55 cm
Donor:
Janet Seibert
Collection place:
Northeast Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; NE Nigeria; Angas tribe
Culture or time period:
Angas Tribe
Collection date:
before 1969
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 10, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #69: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (January 14, 1971–June 11, 1971), S1972-1973 #90: Music Department (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–June 22, 1973), S1979-1980 #16: Music Department (UC Berkeley)/Ollie Wilson (October 15, 1979–December 11, 1979), S1981-1982 #31: Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts (December 30, 1981–February 1, 1982), S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)