Wooden, male, Ijaw mask, Bomadi light colored wood, gray on outer surface; long sharply pointed nose extends to top of head in narrow ridge; semi-circular shelf-like eye lids or brow ridges protrude above pierced eyes. L = 25.0 cm, W = 16.0 cm. Collected ca. 1957 by John Davies.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Bomadi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Bomadi, Ijo; Collected by John Davies
Culture or time period:
Ijo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Possibly one of a pair with 5-6354See acc. env. for further info. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-10
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)