Mask

Museum number:
5-16242
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1066 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Ivory coast; Bouake; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1962
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
Context of use:
Ceremonial. Guli according to Leizengir (pl.18) and represents a buffalo. Hemmel heber say it represents and antelope (Tshirr - antelope?) and Goli.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 29 centimeters, width 27 centimeters, and length 71 centimeters
Comment:
Fragile - handle with care.Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967, #68; Negro Digest, June 1967, pg. 17; Bascom, 1973:38Slide. B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Inventory Card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, Mez 132 C
Loans:
S1963-1964 #56: Denver Art Museum (February 21, 1964–May 18, 1964), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16242, described as Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16242, described as Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16242, described as Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16242, described as Goli or Guli mask; carved and painted black, white, pink. wood, 2 large horns curve upward toward each other; beak like mouth with teeth and prominent triangles. stylized eyes that are carved on each side of nose ridge which bridges over the center of the mask. nose and beak are decorated with alternate black and natural wood stripes. Conservation: Termite eaten, tip of one horn broken and repaired.

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