Mask

Museum number:

5-12898

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21050012898

Alternate number:

B-501 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.3023

Description:

Ibibio mask ( Ikot Ekpene, 1945) goat plaque

Donor:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Nigeria; Ikot Ekpene; Ibibio (Murdock 31:4)

Culture or time period:

Ibibio

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

December 14, 1973

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Comment:

PAHMA Storage Loc: W-7-5

Loans:

S1967-1968 #82: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (February 8, 1968–April 1, 1968) and S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969)

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