Mask

Museum number:
5-3419
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-78 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Open curls; medium size; black, white, and red.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Obiama village, Bayelsa, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Village of Obiama, (near Udi), Ibo; Carved by Ugbozo Ozobha-Agu
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
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:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Part of a collection of about a hundred masks all attributed to a single woodcarver Ugbozo Ozobha-Agu (see card for accents).
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3419, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Open curls; medium size; black, white, and red.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3419, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Open curls; medium size; black, white, and red.

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