Mask

Museum number:
5-16133
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016133
Alternate number:
B-76 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo mask. carved wooden mask with black paint. carved brow ridge, eyes, ears, nose, mouth. 12 carved teeth. 2 curled horns extending from top of head, painted black. hollow back, strings attached for hanging. Ibo mask (Udi, i, 500) Curled Horns, black and white, medium.
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
Materials:
Paint (coating) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 36 centimeters and width 18.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 133B
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16133, described as Ibo mask. carved wooden mask with black paint. carved brow ridge, eyes, ears, nose, mouth. 12 carved teeth. 2 curled horns extending from top of head, painted black. hollow back, strings attached for hanging. Ibo mask (Udi, i, 500) Curled Horns, black and white, medium.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16133, described as Ibo mask. carved wooden mask with black paint. carved brow ridge, eyes, ears, nose, mouth. 12 carved teeth. 2 curled horns extending from top of head, painted black. hollow back, strings attached for hanging. Ibo mask (Udi, i, 500) Curled Horns, black and white, medium.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16133, described as Ibo mask. carved wooden mask with black paint. carved brow ridge, eyes, ears, nose, mouth. 12 carved teeth. 2 curled horns extending from top of head, painted black. hollow back, strings attached for hanging. Ibo mask (Udi, i, 500) Curled Horns, black and white, medium.

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