Headpiece

Museum number:
5-13056
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013056
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3211
Description:
Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cm
Donor:
Howard A. Bern
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio attr.
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, W-9-3
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Headpiece, accession number 5-13056, described as Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Headpiece, accession number 5-13056, described as Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Headpiece, accession number 5-13056, described as Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Headpiece, accession number 5-13056, described as Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Headpiece, accession number 5-13056, described as Carved, painted wooden headpiece; “Janus” head H = 42.5 cm

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