Mask

Museum number:
5-2198
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002198
Alternate number:
B-290 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden mask, Baule. Light to dark wood; headress like horns; inciseed crosses on cheeks. Black, chipped.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Accra, Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Ghana, Baule; Procured at Accra
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 13.9 centimeters and width 22.8 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-30-1. Collected at Accra. exhibited at Oakland Public Library Museum 1960.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2198, described as Wooden mask, Baule. Light to dark wood; headress like horns; inciseed crosses on cheeks. Black, chipped.

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