Mask

Museum number:
5-7634
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
Law #2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2445
Description:
mask; carved wood head, covered with black and white paint and patterned cloth covers base of mask; white hatched inscribed lines on cheeks of face. H. 28 cm.
Donor:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Southwest Nigeria; Yoruba, possibly Abeokuta Region
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
LeRoy M. Law
Collection date:
ca. 1967
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:
1968
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters
Comment:
Materials, techniques: wood, paint, cloth
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-7634, described as mask; carved wood head, covered with black and white paint and patterned cloth covers base of mask; white hatched inscribed lines on cheeks of face. H. 28 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-7634, described as mask; carved wood head, covered with black and white paint and patterned cloth covers base of mask; white hatched inscribed lines on cheeks of face. H. 28 cm.

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