Helmet mask

Museum number:
5-6252
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050006252
Alternate number:
1 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2288
Description:
helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.
Donor:
University Appropriation and Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Gola attrib. (purchased in market)
Culture or time period:
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 60 centimeters
Loans:
S1974-1975 #50: San Jose State University (January 21, 1975–February 19, 1975) and S2009-2010 #7: SFO Museum (February 1, 2010–January 20, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-6252, described as helmet mask of black-stained gum wood; 3 circle bands at base; vertical rows of incised chevrons above; grooved cylindrical extension at top surmounted by anthropomorphic head; height extension 29.5 cm, total height 60 cm.

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