Mask

Museum number:
5-3296
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Antelope head painted white with black trim; black and red dots all over. L = 25.5”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-9
Loans:
S1965-1966 #77: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (March 30, 1966–May 2, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3296, described as Carved wooden face mask. Antelope head painted white with black trim; black and red dots all over. L = 25.5”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3296, described as Carved wooden face mask. Antelope head painted white with black trim; black and red dots all over. L = 25.5”.

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