Mask

Museum number:
5-1716
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001716
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Wooden mask, painted black, white, brown-red, raffia bordered; 33.0 x25.4 cm
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Balende
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965) and S1974-1975 #50: San Jose State University (January 21, 1975–February 19, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-1716, described as Wooden mask, painted black, white, brown-red, raffia bordered; 33.0 x25.4 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-1716, described as Wooden mask, painted black, white, brown-red, raffia bordered; 33.0 x25.4 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-1716, described as Wooden mask, painted black, white, brown-red, raffia bordered; 33.0 x25.4 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1716, described as Wooden mask, painted black, white, brown-red, raffia bordered; 33.0 x25.4 cm

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