Mask

Museum number:
5-10199
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1934 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
mask; painted white eyes, mouth, diagonal line under left eye, painted blue-grey face; representation of male slave; L. 21 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Igana, Oyo State, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Igana; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1938
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:
1971
Context of use:
used by Egungun society; Borgu ("Bariba") male slave
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: W-13-6 (Murdock 31:31)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-10199, described as mask; painted white eyes, mouth, diagonal line under left eye, painted blue-grey face; representation of male slave; L. 21 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-10199, described as mask; painted white eyes, mouth, diagonal line under left eye, painted blue-grey face; representation of male slave; L. 21 cm.

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