Mask, wood; small, long straight nose with incised vertical line; raised slit eyes in oval sockets; raised slitmouth; two vertical incised lines on chin and cheeks including two x8d circles; dark brown hemp hair; tan and brown knotted lining and collar.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
South Africa, Congo, Chokwe; Gift from Daniel Crowley
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Hemp (fiber) 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 23, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 30 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-16-7. Exhibited: Contra Costa
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)