Raffia
- Museum number:
- 5-16225
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016225
- Alternate number:
- B-563 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- raffia ruff for use with Udi mask, strung on cord, natural. Raffia for Udi Masks (natural). Cf. 517-520, 564
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Udi, Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- W. Africa; Cameroon; Udi
- Culture or time period:
- Igbo
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Materials:
- Raffia (fiber)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
- Accession date:
- June 23, 2004
- Context of use:
- Used with dance mask
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- cord— length 74 centimeters, length 35 centimeters, and width 25.5 centimeters
- Comment:
- PAHMA Storage Loc: U-3-1
- Images:
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