Mask

Museum number:
5-16049
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016049
Alternate number:
B-82 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4696
Description:
Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 200). Small, with trianglular eyes; black, white and red.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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
Accession date:
December 9, 1998
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 44 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 131A
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16049, described as Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 200). Small, with trianglular eyes; black, white and red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16049, described as Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 200). Small, with trianglular eyes; black, white and red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16049, described as Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 200). Small, with trianglular eyes; black, white and red.

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