Mask

Museum number:
5-16692
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Alternate number:
B-81 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo "Widows Peak" mask. carved and painted wood; black and white with remnants of red and blue (eyes and cheek makings) "*" on forehead. elaborate curved hair explansions from widows peak at hair line. small c-shaped ears, almond shaped eye holes; perforations around edge for attachment of drape and ruff, 2 small nails for hanging. Conservation: Drying crack in chin edge, small chips in upper edge. Ibo Mask (Udi 1? (K) 300). Widows peak, forehead. BW w RB
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa; Nigeria; Udi, Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Ceremonial
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16692, described as Ibo "Widows Peak" mask. carved and painted wood; black and white with remnants of red and blue (eyes and cheek makings) "*" on forehead. elaborate curved hair explansions from widows peak at hair line. small c-shaped ears, almond shaped eye holes; perforations around edge for attachment of drape and ruff, 2 small nails for hanging. Conservation: Drying crack in chin edge, small chips in upper edge. Ibo Mask (Udi 1? (K) 300). Widows peak, forehead. BW w RB

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