Mask/headpiece

Museum number:
5-13200
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013200
Alternate number:
B-74 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3274
Description:
Ijaw Mask/headpiece. Anthropomorphic, wood and raffia. (Accra; Ijo) Seven-headed fish. Cf. 75, 383. 94.7 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, S. Nigeria, Ijo; Collected in Accra, Ghana
Culture or time period:
Ijo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
December 28, 1976
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Northwestern University Information, Vol 16:29, 3/15/48 pg. 2; Pittsburg Press 4/11/48, Rotogravure Section, Pg. 6; Sunday World-Herald Magazine 4/4/48, pg. 26c; Sunday Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA 3/28/48, Rotogravure Section. Pg. 1; Handbook of West African Art, 1953, plate 17 right; The Capital Times, Madison, WI, 3/21/48; Chicago Sunnday Sun & Times, 3/21/48, Second Section, Pg. 1.Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131E
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13200, described as Ijaw Mask/headpiece. Anthropomorphic, wood and raffia. (Accra; Ijo) Seven-headed fish. Cf. 75, 383. 94.7 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13200, described as Ijaw Mask/headpiece. Anthropomorphic, wood and raffia. (Accra; Ijo) Seven-headed fish. Cf. 75, 383. 94.7 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13200, described as Ijaw Mask/headpiece. Anthropomorphic, wood and raffia. (Accra; Ijo) Seven-headed fish. Cf. 75, 383. 94.7 cm

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