Wood mask

Museum number:
5-6277
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
Mask; wood; covered with tree sap; head crowned with tiered decorated head ornament. Height 62 cm. Width 17 cm. (Despite coating mask is definitely new). Worn by native doctor; placed in his shrine after his death.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Oka; Edo (Bini)
Culture or time period:
Bini Tribe
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)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Wood mask, accession number 5-6277, described as Mask; wood; covered with tree sap; head crowned with tiered decorated head ornament. Height 62 cm. Width 17 cm. (Despite coating mask is definitely new). Worn by native doctor; placed in his shrine after his death.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Wood mask, accession number 5-6277, described as Mask; wood; covered with tree sap; head crowned with tiered decorated head ornament. Height 62 cm. Width 17 cm. (Despite coating mask is definitely new). Worn by native doctor; placed in his shrine after his death.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Wood mask, accession number 5-6277, described as Mask; wood; covered with tree sap; head crowned with tiered decorated head ornament. Height 62 cm. Width 17 cm. (Despite coating mask is definitely new). Worn by native doctor; placed in his shrine after his death.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wood mask, accession number 5-6277, described as Mask; wood; covered with tree sap; head crowned with tiered decorated head ornament. Height 62 cm. Width 17 cm. (Despite coating mask is definitely new). Worn by native doctor; placed in his shrine after his death.

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