Carved wooden face mask. Eyes outlined in metal attached with pitch; ovate face. (Note: catalog card error - mask does not have metal attached. 3-17-10)
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Dan Tribe
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 23.8 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 33:16Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-8
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964), S1972-1973 #79: Sonoma State University (April 26, 1973–May 31, 1973), S1975-1976 #25: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (October 29, 1975–November 4, 1975), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)