Mask and costume

Museum number:
5-13492
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1333 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba; (purchased in San Francisco)
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1972
Materials:
Brass (alloy), Cotton (textile), Wood (plant material), and Wool (textile)
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 27, 1977
Context of use:
Egungun mask and costume
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 38 centimeters
Comment:
treated w/ DDT in alcohol Feb. 1978
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11b: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.

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