Wood mask

Museum number:
5-13552
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.3272
Description:
Mask; anthropomorphic face mask with prominent forehead, long straight nose and pursed lips; 4 columnar horn-like projections at top; chip missing at base in back; height 53 cm
Donor:
Edward J. Mahoney Jr. and Mrs. E. J. Mahoney Jr.
Collection place:
Senegal
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Guinea; Senegal; Bambara attr.; Bafo or Dwala peoples; probably Dwala
Culture or time period:
Bambara
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 1, 1976
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask, accession number 5-13552, described as Mask; anthropomorphic face mask with prominent forehead, long straight nose and pursed lips; 4 columnar horn-like projections at top; chip missing at base in back; height 53 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask, accession number 5-13552, described as Mask; anthropomorphic face mask with prominent forehead, long straight nose and pursed lips; 4 columnar horn-like projections at top; chip missing at base in back; height 53 cm

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