Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-13873
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050013873
- Accession number:
- Acc.3510
- Description:
- Headpiece., Nigria, (Ibo/Igbo) or Ibibio. 5-13855, acc no. 3514. File code: 5.3 Collector: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Donor: Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Silverman. Materials, techniques: Wood, pigments. Context of use: Dance headpiece. Description: Headpiece; Janus "figure of two female heads with elongated neck; cream-col. ground; black twisted hair, blacked striped base, green earrings, red mouth; crest with yellow circular designs on red with unptd. comb on either side; straw or grass headrest on underside; black rubber-like strap; h. 36.5 not including headrest.
- Donor:
- Mitsuo Inouye and Mrs. Mitsuo Inouye
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Nigeria; Igbo
- Culture or time period:
- Igbo
- 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:
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