[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
“Fire Spitter” helmet mask. 83.0 cm. Bag of fragment with object, 4/12 AT.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
N. Ivory Coast/ Haute (Upper) Volta; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “13”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:6. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 119a
Loans:
S1965-1966 #86a: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (May 19, 1966–September 6, 1966), S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972), S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978), S1980-1981 #77: California Arts Council (June 19, 1981–June 30, 1981), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)