Mask model

Museum number:
5-10172
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050010172
Alternate number:
B-1056 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2819
Description:
Mask model. Ebony; Diamond shaped head, protruding nose; 3 cracks.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Dakar, Senegal
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Senegal; Dakar
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943
Materials:
Ebony (wood)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1971
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 20.3 centimeters
Comment:
Collected 1942-1945. Cf. 1953 - 1060; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-17-1. Exhibited: Deering Library, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1948.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask model, accession number 5-10172, described as Mask model. Ebony; Diamond shaped head, protruding nose; 3 cracks.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask model, accession number 5-10172, described as Mask model. Ebony; Diamond shaped head, protruding nose; 3 cracks.

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