Mask

Museum number:
5-16023
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-85 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4692
Description:
Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Moth, medium size. Black and white. narrow face painter white; mouth, ears, eyes, eyebrows, hair and other design elements painted black.
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
Collection date:
1945
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:
43 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 131A
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16023, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Moth, medium size. Black and white. narrow face painter white; mouth, ears, eyes, eyebrows, hair and other design elements painted black.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16023, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Moth, medium size. Black and white. narrow face painter white; mouth, ears, eyes, eyebrows, hair and other design elements painted black.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16023, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 500, 1945). Moth, medium size. Black and white. narrow face painter white; mouth, ears, eyes, eyebrows, hair and other design elements painted black.

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