Cow mask

Museum number:
5-5992
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2263
Description:
Cow mask; carved wood covered with skin; red and white painted carved teeth; two natural horns attached by staples; l. 65 cm.
Donor:
The Calvin K. and Doreen B. Townsend Donation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Cameroon; Bamun
Culture or time period:
Bamun
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cows and Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Cow mask, accession number 5-5992, described as Cow mask; carved wood covered with skin; red and white painted carved teeth; two natural horns attached by staples; l. 65 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Cow mask, accession number 5-5992, described as Cow mask; carved wood covered with skin; red and white painted carved teeth; two natural horns attached by staples; l. 65 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Cow mask, accession number 5-5992, described as Cow mask; carved wood covered with skin; red and white painted carved teeth; two natural horns attached by staples; l. 65 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cow mask, accession number 5-5992, described as Cow mask; carved wood covered with skin; red and white painted carved teeth; two natural horns attached by staples; l. 65 cm.

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