Mask

Museum number:
5-16019
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-34 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4692
Description:
Ibo Mask (Udi-1, 1000) Halloween “Pumpkin”. Black and white with raffia. Dark wood, incised and with white paint; grinning mouth, white teeth, round eyes outlined in white; carved ears, har, and hat; raffia ruff around base of head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Udi; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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:
December 5, 1997
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
42 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Wisconsin State Journal, Madison, 3/18/49, pg. 12.Slide; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 132C
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16019, described as Ibo Mask (Udi-1, 1000) Halloween “Pumpkin”. Black and white with raffia. Dark wood, incised and with white paint; grinning mouth, white teeth, round eyes outlined in white; carved ears, har, and hat; raffia ruff around base of head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16019, described as Ibo Mask (Udi-1, 1000) Halloween “Pumpkin”. Black and white with raffia. Dark wood, incised and with white paint; grinning mouth, white teeth, round eyes outlined in white; carved ears, har, and hat; raffia ruff around base of head.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16019, described as Ibo Mask (Udi-1, 1000) Halloween “Pumpkin”. Black and white with raffia. Dark wood, incised and with white paint; grinning mouth, white teeth, round eyes outlined in white; carved ears, har, and hat; raffia ruff around base of head.

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