Mask

Museum number:
5-16144
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-97 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo Mask, medium size, black and white; black painted details, modeled features, eye holes and two straight horns; holes for attachment of drape. Conservation: Chip at base of chin. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Black and White , 2 straight horns, medium size.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Maker or artist:
Mashitolo Mwata Zola
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paint (coating) 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:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 14.5 centimeters, height 36.5 centimeters, and length 11 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-5
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16144, described as Ibo Mask, medium size, black and white; black painted details, modeled features, eye holes and two straight horns; holes for attachment of drape. Conservation: Chip at base of chin. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Black and White , 2 straight horns, medium size.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16144, described as Ibo Mask, medium size, black and white; black painted details, modeled features, eye holes and two straight horns; holes for attachment of drape. Conservation: Chip at base of chin. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Black and White , 2 straight horns, medium size.

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