Mask

Museum number:
5-6299
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2222
Description:
Mask; wood; horned animal spirit; pink with red, yellow and black designs; painted and incised; two vessel-like decorations attached to each side of forehead. Height 45 cm. Width 16 cm. Generally known as an animal spirit mask. Apparently can be worn at any time. Is worn on top of the head with stocking cap, no raffia. It is meant that there are several unpredictable elements in the world who can appear and disappear at any time. A couple of small boys accompany the masquerade to collect dash and control him if the spirit gets to be too much. 1 separate fragment.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Inyi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Inyi; Igbo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
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:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6299, described as Mask; wood; horned animal spirit; pink with red, yellow and black designs; painted and incised; two vessel-like decorations attached to each side of forehead. Height 45 cm. Width 16 cm. Generally known as an animal spirit mask. Apparently can be worn at any time. Is worn on top of the head with stocking cap, no raffia. It is meant that there are several unpredictable elements in the world who can appear and disappear at any time. A couple of small boys accompany the masquerade to collect dash and control him if the spirit gets to be too much. 1 separate fragment.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-6299, described as Mask; wood; horned animal spirit; pink with red, yellow and black designs; painted and incised; two vessel-like decorations attached to each side of forehead. Height 45 cm. Width 16 cm. Generally known as an animal spirit mask. Apparently can be worn at any time. Is worn on top of the head with stocking cap, no raffia. It is meant that there are several unpredictable elements in the world who can appear and disappear at any time. A couple of small boys accompany the masquerade to collect dash and control him if the spirit gets to be too much. 1 separate fragment.

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