Metal mask

Museum number:
5-14286
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014286
Accession number:
Acc.3572
Description:
Mask; small anthropomorphic oxidized cast brass mask, band across forehead, rings around edge, some damaged; damage at chin. Tourist item in style of Benin bronze. Height 16.8 cm.
Donor:
Ronald Grimes
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Benin City; Bini
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Collector:
Ronald Grimes
Collection date:
1950s
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Metal mask, accession number 5-14286, described as Mask; small anthropomorphic oxidized cast brass mask, band across forehead, rings around edge, some damaged; damage at chin. Tourist item in style of Benin bronze. Height 16.8 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Metal mask, accession number 5-14286, described as Mask; small anthropomorphic oxidized cast brass mask, band across forehead, rings around edge, some damaged; damage at chin. Tourist item in style of Benin bronze. Height 16.8 cm.

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