Wood,rafia head mask

Museum number:
5-5991
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2263
Description:
Head mask; carved wood anthropomorphic head surmounted by carved wood snakes; brown raffia skirt around neck; h. ca. 60 cm.
Donor:
The Calvin K. and Doreen B. Townsend Donation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Cameroon; Bamun
Culture or time period:
Bamun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wood,rafia head mask, accession number 5-5991, described as Head mask; carved wood anthropomorphic head surmounted by carved wood snakes; brown raffia skirt around neck; h. ca. 60 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wood,rafia head mask, accession number 5-5991, described as Head mask; carved wood anthropomorphic head surmounted by carved wood snakes; brown raffia skirt around neck; h. ca. 60 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood,rafia head mask, accession number 5-5991, described as Head mask; carved wood anthropomorphic head surmounted by carved wood snakes; brown raffia skirt around neck; h. ca. 60 cm.

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