Mask

Museum number:
5-14119
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1314 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3681
Description:
Ibibio Mask, black with attached panels, articulated jaw, and fiber oval ring. 13.5” tall. Purchased, 1971, $200.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, S. Nigeria, Ibibio; Purchased from LaChapelle
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
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:
Illustrated: Bascom 1973:70; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131E
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14119, described as Ibibio Mask, black with attached panels, articulated jaw, and fiber oval ring. 13.5” tall. Purchased, 1971, $200.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14119, described as Ibibio Mask, black with attached panels, articulated jaw, and fiber oval ring. 13.5” tall. Purchased, 1971, $200.

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