Mask

Museum number:
5-13055
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013055
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3211
Description:
Hemispherical mask (Kifwebe mask) ; round anthropomorphic face w/ curvilinear grooves painted black, purple and white. Open mouth w/carved upper teeth.
Donor:
Howard A. Bern
Collection place:
Leopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Ba-Luba; Collected by Bascom [form dealer]; Donor: Dr Howard A. Bern
Culture or time period:
Ba Luba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
before 1975
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-18-10
Loans:
S1989-1990 #13: California State University, East Bay (January 10, 1990–February 13, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13055, described as Hemispherical mask (Kifwebe mask) ; round anthropomorphic face w/ curvilinear grooves painted black, purple and white. Open mouth w/carved upper teeth.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13055, described as Hemispherical mask (Kifwebe mask) ; round anthropomorphic face w/ curvilinear grooves painted black, purple and white. Open mouth w/carved upper teeth.

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