Mask

Museum number:
5-11720
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011720
Alternate number:
B-2968 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819 and Acc.2916
Description:
Ibibio mask, purchased from Lagos Musuem (Lagos, 1960, 4000)
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Lagos, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Lagos; 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:
1971 and December 15, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Note: Nigerian antiquities fund tag is attached to Bascom Collection Index Card File card.B/W photos (2) stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-8-9
Loans:
S1963-1964 #112: Heard Museum (June 25, 1964–unknown), S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-11720, described as Ibibio mask, purchased from Lagos Musuem (Lagos, 1960, 4000)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-11720, described as Ibibio mask, purchased from Lagos Musuem (Lagos, 1960, 4000)

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