Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-16168
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016168
- Alternate number:
- B-286 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- small mask, carved and stained wood. oval face flanked on each side with flanges that extend above and below the head. scarification '+' on each cheek, small rectangular eyes, straight nose, pronounced brows, small projecting mouth Purchased at Accra Market Conservation: 2 drying cracks in chin, several insect exit holes on front and back
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Verbatim coll. place:
- w. Africa, (Mali, Ivory Coast or Upper Volta), Senufo
- Culture or time period:
- Senufo
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Context of use:
- ceremonial
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 20.5 centimeters, width 14.2 centimeters, and length 6 centimeters
- Comment:
- PAHMA Storage Loc: W 5-Bascom-8
- Images:
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