[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Ovate eyes trimmed with tin; mouth covered with red cloth and pitch. 10.5 x 6.0”
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Sierra Leone
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Sierra Leone; Kono
Culture or time period:
Kono
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)
Comment:
Murdock 33:20Note: The “Original Number” that appears on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-17-3
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964)