Mask

Museum number:
5-6307
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
Mask; wood; spatula-shaped ornament as part of head painted in two repeated panel designs of orange, black and red; face white with black border; eyebrows, nose and lip outlined in black; orange and black face markings; orange inner mouth; raffia base and on back. Height 47 cm. Used for yearly (January-February) “Lubhulu” display. Used by men.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Afikpo, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Afikpo; Igbo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
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:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6307, described as Mask; wood; spatula-shaped ornament as part of head painted in two repeated panel designs of orange, black and red; face white with black border; eyebrows, nose and lip outlined in black; orange and black face markings; orange inner mouth; raffia base and on back. Height 47 cm. Used for yearly (January-February) “Lubhulu” display. Used by men.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6307, described as Mask; wood; spatula-shaped ornament as part of head painted in two repeated panel designs of orange, black and red; face white with black border; eyebrows, nose and lip outlined in black; orange and black face markings; orange inner mouth; raffia base and on back. Height 47 cm. Used for yearly (January-February) “Lubhulu” display. Used by men.

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