Mask

Museum number:
5-2587
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002587
Alternate number:
B-234 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1683
Description:
Yoruba 'Egungun' mask; whole head painted black; woman?; 12 1/2" high; represents [handwritten on card: the God] 'Eshu'. [handwritten on card: 31.75 cm]
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba (tr.); (Coll. at Abeokuta)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1945
Materials:
Paint (coating)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Oakland Public Museum flier, June 1960.
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975) and S1981-1982 #25: de Saisset Museum (Santa Clara Univ.) (December 11, 1981–April 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-2587, described as Yoruba 'Egungun' mask; whole head painted black; woman?; 12 1/2" high; represents [handwritten on card: the God] 'Eshu'. [handwritten on card: 31.75 cm]Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-2587, described as Yoruba 'Egungun' mask; whole head painted black; woman?; 12 1/2" high; represents [handwritten on card: the God] 'Eshu'. [handwritten on card: 31.75 cm]Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-2587, described as Yoruba 'Egungun' mask; whole head painted black; woman?; 12 1/2" high; represents [handwritten on card: the God] 'Eshu'. [handwritten on card: 31.75 cm]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2587, described as Yoruba 'Egungun' mask; whole head painted black; woman?; 12 1/2" high; represents [handwritten on card: the God] 'Eshu'. [handwritten on card: 31.75 cm]

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