Mask

Museum number:
5-3253
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-136 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden mask. Circular with horns; eyes and mouth trimmed in red; two incised arcs on forehead - one painted red, one painted white.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Tivi Province, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Ivory Coast; Tivi Prov.; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 93.95 centimeters and diameter 55.88 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 32:20Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117C
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3253, described as Carved wooden mask. Circular with horns; eyes and mouth trimmed in red; two incised arcs on forehead - one painted red, one painted white.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3253, described as Carved wooden mask. Circular with horns; eyes and mouth trimmed in red; two incised arcs on forehead - one painted red, one painted white.

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