Colorful ornament with cloth, leather and raffia

Museum number:
5-11591
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011591
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Colorful ornament with cloth, leather, and raffia, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11591, acc no. 2879, file code 5.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strips dyed or painted, made into mask Context of use: used as mask or dance headdress Description: mask? or headdress for dance; variously colored pieces of leather sewn together; "leopard-spot" strip hold object on head, tied behind by plaited yellow bands; 2 green/red earpieces attached to above, terminated in multicolored "beard" of leather; 61 cm. l.; 20 cm. w.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Hausa att.
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Plaited weaving
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Colorful ornament with cloth, leather and raffia, accession number 5-11591, described as Colorful ornament with cloth, leather, and raffia, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11591, acc no. 2879, file code 5.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strips dyed or painted, made into mask Context of use: used as mask or dance headdress Description: mask? or headdress for dance; variously colored pieces of leather sewn together; "leopard-spot" strip hold object on head, tied behind by plaited yellow bands; 2 green/red earpieces attached to above, terminated in multicolored "beard" of leather; 61 cm. l.; 20 cm. w.;Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Colorful ornament with cloth, leather and raffia, accession number 5-11591, described as Colorful ornament with cloth, leather, and raffia, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11591, acc no. 2879, file code 5.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strips dyed or painted, made into mask Context of use: used as mask or dance headdress Description: mask? or headdress for dance; variously colored pieces of leather sewn together; "leopard-spot" strip hold object on head, tied behind by plaited yellow bands; 2 green/red earpieces attached to above, terminated in multicolored "beard" of leather; 61 cm. l.; 20 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Colorful ornament with cloth, leather and raffia, accession number 5-11591, described as Colorful ornament with cloth, leather, and raffia, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11591, acc no. 2879, file code 5.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: leather strips dyed or painted, made into mask Context of use: used as mask or dance headdress Description: mask? or headdress for dance; variously colored pieces of leather sewn together; "leopard-spot" strip hold object on head, tied behind by plaited yellow bands; 2 green/red earpieces attached to above, terminated in multicolored "beard" of leather; 61 cm. l.; 20 cm. w.;

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