Mask

Museum number:
5-5969
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005969
Alternate number:
B-492 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2205
Description:
Ibibio mask; wood; black and white paint. 3 circle cicatrixes on forehead; nose twisted to one side; prominent teeth. (1000) large & flat. L = 14.75”, W = 10.75”.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-8-5
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5969, described as Ibibio mask; wood; black and white paint. 3 circle cicatrixes on forehead; nose twisted to one side; prominent teeth. (1000) large & flat. L = 14.75”, W = 10.75”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5969, described as Ibibio mask; wood; black and white paint. 3 circle cicatrixes on forehead; nose twisted to one side; prominent teeth. (1000) large & flat. L = 14.75”, W = 10.75”.

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