Mask

Museum number:
5-16156
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-218 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibibio mask, rectangular frame; carved and painted yellow, red, and black; bulging round forehead, decorative carved hair, tattoos, indicated by black painted dots; edges perforated for attachment of drape. Conservation: Part of right ear is missing.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 13.5 centimeters, length 10.8 centimeters, and height 21.5 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, African Arts, 1967; Brubacker, “Contrasts; Tribal Sculpture of Nigeria, No. 49”Slide & Black/White photo (accompanying Bascom inventory card). PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-2
Loans:
S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16156, described as Ibibio mask, rectangular frame; carved and painted yellow, red, and black; bulging round forehead, decorative carved hair, tattoos, indicated by black painted dots; edges perforated for attachment of drape. Conservation: Part of right ear is missing.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16156, described as Ibibio mask, rectangular frame; carved and painted yellow, red, and black; bulging round forehead, decorative carved hair, tattoos, indicated by black painted dots; edges perforated for attachment of drape. Conservation: Part of right ear is missing.

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