Mask

Museum number:
5-2204
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002204
Alternate number:
B-279 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden, Ibibio mask;black; red lips; bufurcated headdress; ordinary. 11.0” X 17.25”.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ikot Ekpene, Ibibio; Purchased at Accra
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Oakland Public Museum flier, June 1960. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-7-5
Loans:
S1963-1964 #13: Cole Elementary School/Beverly D. Deffes (September 12, 1963–September 13, 1963)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2204, described as Wooden, Ibibio mask;black; red lips; bufurcated headdress; ordinary. 11.0” X 17.25”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-2204, described as Wooden, Ibibio mask;black; red lips; bufurcated headdress; ordinary. 11.0” X 17.25”.

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