Mask

Museum number:
5-16170a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210516170a@2cb
Alternate number:
B-330 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Yoruba Gelede Mask: Man climbing palm tree. (Sabe, 1944). Part of right ear missing. 30” H, 12-1/4” W.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Ilustrated: Handbook of West African Art, 1953, plate 16; Whitney Halsted’s slides, #51B/W photos (4) of object accompany Bascom Index card. PAHMA Storage Loc: vault
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown), S1968-1969 #141: Dominican College of San Rafael (June 10, 1969–July 22, 1969), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16170a,b, described as Yoruba Gelede Mask: Man climbing palm tree. (Sabe, 1944). Part of right ear missing. 30” H, 12-1/4” W.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16170a,b, described as Yoruba Gelede Mask: Man climbing palm tree. (Sabe, 1944). Part of right ear missing. 30” H, 12-1/4” W.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16170a,b, described as Yoruba Gelede Mask: Man climbing palm tree. (Sabe, 1944). Part of right ear missing. 30” H, 12-1/4” W.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-16170a,b, described as Yoruba Gelede Mask: Man climbing palm tree. (Sabe, 1944). Part of right ear missing. 30” H, 12-1/4” W.

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