Mask

Museum number:
5-14914
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014914
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4243
Description:
Gourd mask, made from an egg-shaped gourd. Carved. No facial features. H = 32 cm; W = 16 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Afikpo, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Southeastern Nigeria; Afikpo; Ibo (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)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-10-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-14914, described as Gourd mask, made from an egg-shaped gourd. Carved. No facial features. H = 32 cm; W = 16 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-14914, described as Gourd mask, made from an egg-shaped gourd. Carved. No facial features. H = 32 cm; W = 16 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14914, described as Gourd mask, made from an egg-shaped gourd. Carved. No facial features. H = 32 cm; W = 16 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14914, described as Gourd mask, made from an egg-shaped gourd. Carved. No facial features. H = 32 cm; W = 16 cm

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