Ibo mask (Udi, 1, 700, 1945). Medium size, cow’s horns. Black, white, red, blue, with raffia (Joseph’s costume). mudium sized face with bared teeth, painted white with black on mouth and eyes, blue and black on ears; curved horns painted black and blue; surrounded by long raffia fringe.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Udi; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paint (coating), Raffia (fiber), and 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:
December 5, 1997
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
28 centimeters and 28 centimeters
Comment:
Pencil notation on index card: Bascom’s servant. CHECK LOCATION FOR CORRECT NUMBER/ARTIFACT3/3/98 OBJECT IS IBO MASK AS DESCRIBED.Illustrated: Handbook of West African Art, 1953, Plate 12 Chicago Sunday Tribune, 4-18-1948, Part 3, pg. 1N; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131A
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)