Mask

Museum number:
5-2203
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002203
Alternate number:
B-332 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden, Bene mask, old. Light-to-dark wood, rough, incised pattern in hair and chin. “Ekpo mask”.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Benin City, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Cameroon, Bene; Collected near Benin City in 1945.Authenticated by Fagg.
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-6-3
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2203, described as Wooden, Bene mask, old. Light-to-dark wood, rough, incised pattern in hair and chin. “Ekpo mask”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2203, described as Wooden, Bene mask, old. Light-to-dark wood, rough, incised pattern in hair and chin. “Ekpo mask”.

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