Mask

Museum number:
5-3223
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003223
Alternate number:
B-230 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.
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 52.35 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: 20A Mez, 117C
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965) and S1971-1972 #18: California State University, Sacramento (September 23, 1971–October 28, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.Hearst Museum object 3 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.Hearst Museum object 4 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.Hearst Museum object 5 of 5 titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3223, described as Carv ed wooden mask. Horned animal; eyes outlined in white, blue and red. White teeth, overall painted black.

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