Mask

Museum number:
5-17117
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
58 (previous number (donor's original number), appraisal number)
Accession number:
Acc.4806
Description:
Bambara animal mask, carved darkened wood, monkey like animal form with ears on side of head, long nose and open mouth at bottom.
Donor:
Robert D. Haas
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Haas served in the Peace Corps in the Ivory Coast from 1964 to 1966.
Production place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Culture or time period:
Bambara
Collector:
Robert D. Haas
Collection date:
1964-1966
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
August 14, 2017
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
whole— width 6 inches, whole— height 11 inches, and whole— depth 4 inches
Comment:
Bambara animal mask, wood.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-17117, described as Bambara animal mask, carved darkened wood, monkey like animal form with ears on side of head, long nose and open mouth at bottom.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-17117, described as Bambara animal mask, carved darkened wood, monkey like animal form with ears on side of head, long nose and open mouth at bottom.

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