Small wooden mask

Museum number:

5-7243

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Accession number:

Acc.2438

Description:

Mask, natural wood finish, incised features, headpiece curves forward. Height 16 cm. Width 10.5 cm.

Donor:

LeRoy M. Law

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Nigeria; Ibibio

Culture or time period:

Ibibio

Materials:

Wood (plant material)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1968

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Loans:

S1968-1969 #121: Washington Elementary School/Susan Moss (May 19, 1969–May 26, 1969), S1968-1969 #67: Project EPOCH/David Wayne Peri (January 20, 1969–January 31, 1969), S1969-1970 #106: Berkwood School/Margaret Pretzel (March 30, 1970–April 10, 1970), S1969-1970 #107: Dover Elementary School (April 10, 1970–April 13, 1970), S1969-1970 #108: Manzanita Elementary School/Leon Washington (April 14, 1970–April 20, 1970), S1969-1970 #115: Santa Margarita School/Mrs. Bellinger (April 17, 1970–May 4, 1970), S1969-1970 #127: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (May 26, 1970–May 28, 1970), S1969-1970 #24: Indian Valley School/Barbara Greene (September 29, 1969–October 8, 1969), S1969-1970 #35: Berkeley High School (October 13, 1969–October 17, 1969), S1969-1970 #49: San Francisco Teaching Corps Project/Avery T. Allen (November 10, 1969–November 17, 1969), S1969-1970 #56: Santa Margarita School/Miss Collin (November 17, 1969–November 24, 1969), S1969-1970 #61: San Francisco Teaching Corps Project/Avery T. Allen (November 24, 1969–November 26, 1969), S1969-1970 #6: UC Berkeley Extension (July 15, 1969–July 25, 1969), S1969-1970 #81: Peres School/Fran Robinson (February 4, 1970–February 18, 1970), S1969-1970 #95: Manzanita Elementary School/Leon Washington (March 10, 1970–March 13, 1970), S1970-1971 #116: Hillcrest School/Deborah McCabe (April 19, 1971–April 24, 1971), S1970-1971 #140: Potrero Hill Family School/Sheila Davis (June 7, 1971–June 22, 1971), S1970-1971 #79: Decoto School/Susan Weikel Palmer (February 3, 1971–February 8, 1971), S1970-1971 #92: LeConte Elementary School (March 1, 1971–March 8, 1971), S1970-1971 #94: Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc. (March 10, 1971–March 19, 1971), S1971-1972 #108: Old Mill School/Gwen Deal (March 6, 1972–March 11, 1972), S1971-1972 #130: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (April 20, 1972–April 21, 1972), S1971-1972 #132: Paul Revere Elementary School/Nancy Wright (April 24, 1972–unknown), S1971-1972 #136: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (May 19, 1972–May 26, 1972), S1971-1972 #140: Lafayette Elementary School/Edward Worrell (May 8, 1972–May 13, 1972), S1971-1972 #154: Willow Creek School/Karin Haugin (June 16, 1972–unknown), S1971-1972 #68: Kensington Hilltop Elementary School (January 3, 1972–January 24, 1972), and S1971-1972 #97: Buena Vista School/Joanne Harris (February 24, 1972–March 3, 1972)

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