Anthropomorphic wooden mask surmounted by standing female figurine. Design on both is squares in red and white pigment.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Upper Volta, Dagari
Culture or time period:
Dagari
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 108 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “11”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:17; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 121d
Loans:
S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971) and S1974-1975 #50: San Jose State University (January 21, 1975–February 19, 1975)