Mask

Museum number:
5-6292
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
Mask; wood; black painted with red and white store paint; painted eyelids, red nostrils and red inner mouth with white teeth; estended circular ears, bulbous cheeks, "crown" head piece; movable mouth tied on with fibre cord; h. 51 cm, w. (earto ear) 51 cm.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Urua-Inyang, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Urua-Inyang; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
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 Mask, accession number 5-6292, described as Mask; wood; black painted with red and white store paint; painted eyelids, red nostrils and red inner mouth with white teeth; estended circular ears, bulbous cheeks, "crown" head piece; movable mouth tied on with fibre cord; h. 51 cm, w. (earto ear) 51 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-6292, described as Mask; wood; black painted with red and white store paint; painted eyelids, red nostrils and red inner mouth with white teeth; estended circular ears, bulbous cheeks, "crown" head piece; movable mouth tied on with fibre cord; h. 51 cm, w. (earto ear) 51 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-6292, described as Mask; wood; black painted with red and white store paint; painted eyelids, red nostrils and red inner mouth with white teeth; estended circular ears, bulbous cheeks, "crown" head piece; movable mouth tied on with fibre cord; h. 51 cm, w. (earto ear) 51 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6292, described as Mask; wood; black painted with red and white store paint; painted eyelids, red nostrils and red inner mouth with white teeth; estended circular ears, bulbous cheeks, "crown" head piece; movable mouth tied on with fibre cord; h. 51 cm, w. (earto ear) 51 cm.

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