Ibo mask (Udi, 2, 500). Curved wood head, small, black and white, separately carved teeth, four holes on edges for attaching raffia.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibo (Igbo); Udi
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 and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Context of use:
agbo-mmauns (maiden mask) Used to impersonate ancestral spirits (mmo) in the Mmauns or Mmo dances. Maiden masks are admired for their beauty. This cult is restricted to the northern regions of the Ibo people.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
25 centimeters and width 15 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-10-10
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)