Mask/headpiece

Museum number:
5-13201
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013201
Alternate number:
B-75 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3274
Description:
Ijaw Mask/headpiece (Accra, like Peter’s). Wood w/pigment. Twin-tail fish; black and white. Cf. 74, 303. 94.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, S. Nigeria, Ijo; Collected in Accra, Ghana
Culture or time period:
Ijo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 28, 1976
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Northwestern Univ. Information, Vol 16:29, 3/15/48, pg. 2 Pittsburg Press 4/11/48, Rotogravure Section, Pg. 6; Sunday World- Herald Magazine, 4/4/48, pg. 26c; Sunday Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA 3/28/48, Rotogravure Section, pg. 1; Handbook of West African Art, 1953, plate 17 right; Chicago Sunday Sun & Times, 3/21/48, Second Section, pg. 1; The Capital Times, Madison WI, 3/21/48. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131D
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13201, described as Ijaw Mask/headpiece (Accra, like Peter’s). Wood w/pigment. Twin-tail fish; black and white. Cf. 74, 303. 94.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13201, described as Ijaw Mask/headpiece (Accra, like Peter’s). Wood w/pigment. Twin-tail fish; black and white. Cf. 74, 303. 94.0 cm

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