Mask

Museum number:
5-5962
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-261 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
Ibibo mask, ordinary, black. 3-part headdress, with pierced sides and top. H = 11.5”, W = 8.0”. Collected at Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, in 1951.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; 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:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: CNHM Bulletin, January 1957, page 3. WFMT Fine Arts Guide, March 1959, page 21 (see Lewis reprints). PAHMA Storage Loc: W-8-5
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5962, described as Ibibo mask, ordinary, black. 3-part headdress, with pierced sides and top. H = 11.5”, W = 8.0”. Collected at Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, in 1951.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5962, described as Ibibo mask, ordinary, black. 3-part headdress, with pierced sides and top. H = 11.5”, W = 8.0”. Collected at Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria, in 1951.

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