Carved wooden mask. Stained , with incilsed decoration & projecting horns. Bird in pecking pisition between horns.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Ivory Coast; Baule, Yaure subtribe (Murdock 32:20)
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 39 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “38”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 32:20. NOTE: One horn tip missing.. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-2
Loans:
S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972)