Mask

Museum number:
5-14046
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-51
Accession number:
Acc.3566
Description:
Mask; blackened wood; anthropomorphic, oval face tapered to point at chin and top of head with slit eyes and open oval mouth; has 7 perforations along rear edge of each side; height 28 cm
Donor:
Alvin O. Pierce
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Ivory Coast; Dan
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
Alvin O. Pierce
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
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14046, described as Mask; blackened wood; anthropomorphic, oval face tapered to point at chin and top of head with slit eyes and open oval mouth; has 7 perforations along rear edge of each side; height 28 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14046, described as Mask; blackened wood; anthropomorphic, oval face tapered to point at chin and top of head with slit eyes and open oval mouth; has 7 perforations along rear edge of each side; height 28 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-14046, described as Mask; blackened wood; anthropomorphic, oval face tapered to point at chin and top of head with slit eyes and open oval mouth; has 7 perforations along rear edge of each side; height 28 cm

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