Mask

Museum number:
5-3420
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-88 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Small; pouting human face with incised lines on forehead; cheek scars; white and red, with brown painted trim. Incised lines on forehead; cheek scars.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Obiama village, Bayelsa, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Nigeria, Village of Obiama (near Udi), Ibo; Carved by Ugbozo Ozobha-Agu
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
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:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 13 centimeters, width 12.7 centimeters, and length 26.035 centimeters
Comment:
These are part of a collection of about 100 masks all attributed to a single woodcarver Ugbozo Ozobha-Agu ( see card for accents).
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3420, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Small; pouting human face with incised lines on forehead; cheek scars; white and red, with brown painted trim. Incised lines on forehead; cheek scars.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3420, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 400, 1945). Small; pouting human face with incised lines on forehead; cheek scars; white and red, with brown painted trim. Incised lines on forehead; cheek scars.

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