Mask

Museum number:
5-3848
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
10 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1829
Description:
wooden head mask; human head topped by 8 animal (?) forms; white, red, green and blue; ca. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2".
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Richard N. Henderson
Collection date:
December 1961
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 29.21 centimeters and width 26.035 centimeters
Comment:
purchased from a friend who said he picked it up in Dahomey. Bascom says it is Yoruba.
Loans:
S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984) and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3848, described as wooden head mask; human head topped by 8 animal (?) forms; white, red, green and blue; ca. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2".Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3848, described as wooden head mask; human head topped by 8 animal (?) forms; white, red, green and blue; ca. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2".
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3848, described as wooden head mask; human head topped by 8 animal (?) forms; white, red, green and blue; ca. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2".

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