Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-16157
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016157
- Alternate number:
- B-223 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- Ibo goat mask, carved and painted in red and black; perforations around edge for attachment of drape
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
- Culture or time period:
- Igbo
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 9 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, and height 40 centimeters
- Comment:
- Notation on Bascom inventoy card states: 1/90 - Berta Bascom questions whether this is Ibo. PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-2
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