Mask

Museum number:
5-3338
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003338
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. Double “horns” , carved female figure on head. Incised designs. 25.0” x 8.0”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Nuclear Mande; Bambara
Culture or time period:
Bambara and Nuclear Mande
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 11:1Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-1-3
Loans:
S1967-1968 #82: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (February 8, 1968–April 1, 1968), S1968-1969 #27: Art Department (UC Berkeley)/Irene Sawyer (October 8, 1968–October 8, 1968), and S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3338, described as Carved wooden face mask. Double “horns” , carved female figure on head. Incised designs. 25.0” x 8.0”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3338, described as Carved wooden face mask. Double “horns” , carved female figure on head. Incised designs. 25.0” x 8.0”.

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