Color slide
- Museum number:
- 25-6694
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21250006694
- Accession number:
- Acc.2080
- Description:
- Image of 5-6328 (white wooden mask)
- Donor:
- Eugene R. Prince and University Appropriation
- Collection place:
- Uzere, Nigeria
- Culture or time period:
- Isoko
- Maker or artist:
- Eugene R. Prince
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Color slides and Masks (costume)
- Accession date:
- 1966
- Context of use:
- Used during the “Uhe” festival, which is part of a cycle of festivals to “Eni,” the god of the town. Worn during the dance by the Uheri youth early in the morning of the day of the festival. The dance is called “Emusue” and is supposed to be done by the youth of Uheri quarter (the senior quarter that sponsors this festival).
- Department:
- Still and motion photography
- Images:
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