Masquette

Museum number:
5-5328
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005328
Alternate number:
B-161 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Blackened, ivory masquette. Human face with horns.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Congo, Leopoldville; Ba-pende (Murdock 38; 17)
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 7.5 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “161” . Not a Bascom number. Appears to be a dealer number. Murdock 38:17; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-21-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Masquette, accession number 5-5328, described as Blackened, ivory masquette. Human face with horns.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Masquette, accession number 5-5328, described as Blackened, ivory masquette. Human face with horns.

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