Mask

Museum number:
5-3319
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden mask. Smiling human face with elaborate hair-do. Painted black, red lips, white teeth. L = 13.5”
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Guro tribe
Culture or time period:
Guro
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 33:19Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-31-1
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3319, described as Carved wooden mask. Smiling human face with elaborate hair-do. Painted black, red lips, white teeth. L = 13.5”
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3319, described as Carved wooden mask. Smiling human face with elaborate hair-do. Painted black, red lips, white teeth. L = 13.5”

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