Ibo mask. carved and painted wood; face white eyebrows and hair black; cheeks, ears, eyes, and mouth edged with black; brown "under hair". small mask; perforations around edge for attachment of drape or ruff. Conservation: White paint chipping, chip in right rear edge behind ear.
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
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 24.4 centimeters, width 16 centimeters, and height 8.2 centimeters
Comment:
Ref. Starkweather, 1968: 104-105: “Ihioma/Orlu”Ref. Cole, 1969: 37: “Okorosia mask at Mgbala Agwa near Owerri”