Baule pulley representing Goli (Buffalo) mask. carved wood with curie spool pin (?) and spool pulley painted black; spool is natural wood with attached cord. Collected in Dakar, Senegal Conservation: Drying crack in back of head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ivory Coast, Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1962
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Weaving
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 19 centimeters, length 4.1 centimeters, and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-8
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), 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)