Mask, wood

Museum number:
5-14362
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014362
Accession number:
Acc.3852
Description:
Mask; wood dance mask, stylized anthropomorphic face; elongated nose, slits in eyes, mountain whistling position; raised ridges around edges of face; carved “hair” with crest; lacing holes. Height at back 50 cm.
Donor:
Lawrence E. Dawson
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast; Guro
Culture or time period:
Guro
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, wood, accession number 5-14362, described as Mask; wood dance mask, stylized anthropomorphic face; elongated nose, slits in eyes, mountain whistling position; raised ridges around edges of face; carved “hair” with crest; lacing holes. Height at back 50 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, wood, accession number 5-14362, described as Mask; wood dance mask, stylized anthropomorphic face; elongated nose, slits in eyes, mountain whistling position; raised ridges around edges of face; carved “hair” with crest; lacing holes. Height at back 50 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, wood, accession number 5-14362, described as Mask; wood dance mask, stylized anthropomorphic face; elongated nose, slits in eyes, mountain whistling position; raised ridges around edges of face; carved “hair” with crest; lacing holes. Height at back 50 cm.

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