Mask

Museum number:
5-14327
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014327
Alternate number:
B-291 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3780
Description:
face mask, anthropomorphic, carved palwood with rectangular eyeslits; + engraved on cheeks V-shaped edges extending top and bottom.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Attributed to the Ivory Coast; Purchased at Accra market
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
before 1961
Materials:
Palm and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 20.8 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-31-6
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14327, described as face mask, anthropomorphic, carved palwood with rectangular eyeslits; + engraved on cheeks V-shaped edges extending top and bottom.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14327, described as face mask, anthropomorphic, carved palwood with rectangular eyeslits; + engraved on cheeks V-shaped edges extending top and bottom.

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