Mask; antelope mask rep. antelope head; elongated nose, tubular eyes; red and white painted wood; lacing holes; Note: on modern black metal stand.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Burkina Faso
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Upper Volta, Mosi (purchased in Los Angeles)
Culture or time period:
Mossi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1967
Materials:
Metal and 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:
December 19, 1978
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
59.6 centimeters
Comment:
Attributed to Bobo by Larry Collins, Berkeley dealer; “Ethnic Art from the Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Baker”, 1966:55;Margaret Plass, African Tribal Sculpture, 1956:3c, but she notes , “An almost identical piece inthe Berlin Museum is ascribed to the Mossi. Purchased as Mosi. Cf. von Sydow (1954): Also identified as Mosi by a Mosi, the Director of the Museum of Upper Volta, who said he argued with Herbert Baker about this.Bobo: Kunsthaus Zurich C12; PAHMA Storage Loc: W-18-6. Purchased at Old Curiosity Shop, Los Angeles
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968) and S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969)