Mask

Museum number:
5-3205
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-130 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Circular with horns, eyes and mouth outlined in red and white.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 43.75 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-29-6
Loans:
S1965-1966 #77: Cantor Arts Center (Stanford Univ.) (March 30, 1966–May 2, 1966) and S1968-1969 #20: University of California, Berkeley (September 10, 1968–November 15, 1968)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3205, described as Carved wooden face mask. Circular with horns, eyes and mouth outlined in red and white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3205, described as Carved wooden face mask. Circular with horns, eyes and mouth outlined in red and white.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3205, described as Carved wooden face mask. Circular with horns, eyes and mouth outlined in red and white.

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