Helmet mask

Museum number:
5-6260
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
5 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2288
Description:
Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.
Donor:
University Appropriation and Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Vai or Gola attrib. (purchased in market)
Culture or time period:
Vai-Gola
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
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:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 43 centimeters
Loans:
S2009-2010 #7: SFO Museum (February 1, 2010–January 20, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6260, described as Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6260, described as Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6260, described as Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6260, described as Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6260, described as Helmet mask of black stained gum wood; at bast in front is carved face; top half if five horizontal rows of incised triangles; at top is bird carved in the round. Height 43 cm.

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