Mask/headpiece

Museum number:
5-13482
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1125 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Description:
Headpiece; antelope head and neck of carved and painted wood with geometric designs with dot fillers in ocher colors on brown ground.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Upper Volta, Kurumba; Purchased at Abidjan
Culture or time period:
Kurumba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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:
December 27, 1977
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
1.19 inches
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 121D
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13482, described as Headpiece; antelope head and neck of carved and painted wood with geometric designs with dot fillers in ocher colors on brown ground.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask/headpiece, accession number 5-13482, described as Headpiece; antelope head and neck of carved and painted wood with geometric designs with dot fillers in ocher colors on brown ground.

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