Mask

Museum number:
5-3262
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden head mask. Bird with spread wings; perforated in the middle; tacks for eyes. L = 8.75”, W = 17.25”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-3
Loans:
S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3262, described as Carved wooden head mask. Bird with spread wings; perforated in the middle; tacks for eyes. L = 8.75”, W = 17.25”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3262, described as Carved wooden head mask. Bird with spread wings; perforated in the middle; tacks for eyes. L = 8.75”, W = 17.25”.

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