Carved wooden mask. face painted white with black accents; black and red curled horns. open, diamond shaped mouth with bared teeth; straight nose; open, downward slanted eyes; back concave; holes in perimeter; rope string in back for hanging. Conservation: White paint coming off above right eye. Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 500) Black and White and red curled horns. Of. 58
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell 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:
1945
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:
December 9, 1998
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 33 centimeters, width 15 centimeters, and height 13.7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 133C
Loans:
S1963-1964 #16: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 24, 1963–September 25, 1963) and S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)