[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Helmet mask of Looped raffia cordage, with raffia fiber fringe.a. Maskb. Coiled, split cane hat with white,ochre and brown trinagular designs.H = 72.0 cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Congo; Leopoldville; Basal'ampasu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Masks (costume)
Function:
1.7 Fighting, Warfare, and Social Control
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “162 a & b”. Not a Bascom number. Appears to be a dealer number.Not listed in Murdock. Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-19-6
Loans:
S1966-1967 #3: Education Department (UC Berkeley) (August 12, 1966–September 2, 1966), S1967-1968 #49: Design Department (UC Berkeley)/Lucretia Nelson (October 31, 1967–January 8, 1968), S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972), and S1981-1982 #31: Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts (December 30, 1981–February 1, 1982)