Miniature mask

Museum number:
5-5354
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005354
Alternate number:
B-40 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Miniature wooden mask.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia or Ivory Coast; Dan (Murdock 33:16)
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 9 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “40. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 33:16; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Miniature mask, accession number 5-5354, described as Miniature wooden mask.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Miniature mask, accession number 5-5354, described as Miniature wooden mask.

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