Mask

Museum number:
5-11684
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011684
Alternate number:
B-59 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Ibibio Mask (Ikkot Ekpene 300); Woman with fuchsia lips, 5 braids. Naturalistic.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Ikot-Ekpene; Ibibio
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
Accession date:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-8-9
Loans:
S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-11684, described as Ibibio Mask (Ikkot Ekpene 300); Woman with fuchsia lips, 5 braids. Naturalistic.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-11684, described as Ibibio Mask (Ikkot Ekpene 300); Woman with fuchsia lips, 5 braids. Naturalistic.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-11684, described as Ibibio Mask (Ikkot Ekpene 300); Woman with fuchsia lips, 5 braids. Naturalistic.

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