Carved, wooden, Ijaw mask; female - Bomadi Light colored wood, gray on outer surface; long, sharp nose, pierced; large bulging eyes carved above small pierced pair; mouth pierced; holes around edges of mask. L = 24.5 cm, W = 16.0 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Bomadi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Bomadi, Ijo; Collected by John DaviesDonor: Bascom
Culture or time period:
Ijo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1967
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
(Murdock 31:21)Possibly a pair with 5-6353. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-11-10
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)