Mask

Museum number:
5-5968
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005968
Alternate number:
B-444 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
Wooden, Ibibio, mask (1000). Large, smiling, opening mouth w/ fat cheeks, war-like, movable joints. Black paint, 3 heads in headdress. H ca. 21.0”; W ca. 15.0”.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #22: Bay Area Committee to Save Biafran Children (September 11, 1969–September 23, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5968, described as Wooden, Ibibio, mask (1000). Large, smiling, opening mouth w/ fat cheeks, war-like, movable joints. Black paint, 3 heads in headdress. H ca. 21.0”; W ca. 15.0”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5968, described as Wooden, Ibibio, mask (1000). Large, smiling, opening mouth w/ fat cheeks, war-like, movable joints. Black paint, 3 heads in headdress. H ca. 21.0”; W ca. 15.0”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5968, described as Wooden, Ibibio, mask (1000). Large, smiling, opening mouth w/ fat cheeks, war-like, movable joints. Black paint, 3 heads in headdress. H ca. 21.0”; W ca. 15.0”.

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