Mask

Museum number:
5-8642
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050008642
Alternate number:
B-342 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2580
Description:
Wooden mask, w/ horns, large, Black-white-red. Fagg “EKPO mask” cf. 43. H = 33.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Southern Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
S. Nigeria; Bini
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
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 29, 1969
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
See accession envelope and catalogue card for additional information.B/W photo stored with Bascom Index card. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-7-2
Loans:
S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969) and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-8642, described as Wooden mask, w/ horns, large, Black-white-red. Fagg “EKPO mask” cf. 43. H = 33.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-8642, described as Wooden mask, w/ horns, large, Black-white-red. Fagg “EKPO mask” cf. 43. H = 33.0 cm

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