Mask

Museum number:
5-13259
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013259
Alternate number:
231 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3275
Description:
Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.
Donor:
Mrs. Melvin S. Silverman
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
Cameroon, Bamileke attr. (fide WRB 1977)
Culture or time period:
Bamileke
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
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 1976
Context of use:
Helmet mask w/ spider motif in headdress." Cf. Bascom, AFRICAN ART IN CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE, #76.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 53 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-13259, described as Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-13259, described as Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-13259, described as Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-13259, described as Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13259, described as Mask; helmet mask in form of human head surmounted by headdress which is series of half circles in openwork; entire interior of mask hollowed-out; all features and headdress outlined w/ white paint; h. at rest 53 cm.

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