Mask

Museum number:
5-13490b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
mask of red-brown fur-covered hide with visor-like cut outs for eyes; remnant sinew and feathers at top; width 24.5 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali/Ivory Coast/Upper Volta; Senufo (purchased in Berkeley)
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 27, 1977
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-13490b, described as mask of red-brown fur-covered hide with visor-like cut outs for eyes; remnant sinew and feathers at top; width 24.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-13490b, described as mask of red-brown fur-covered hide with visor-like cut outs for eyes; remnant sinew and feathers at top; width 24.5 cm

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