Wooden mask and wooden horns

Museum number:
5-1515a-c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1298
Description:
Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECK
Donor:
Charles Gordon
Collection place:
Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia near Tchien (?)
Materials:
Horn (animal material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Accession date:
1959
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECKHearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECKHearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECKHearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECKHearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECKHearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECK
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wooden mask and wooden horns, accession number 5-1515a-c, described as Poro, sub-society (Mage and Schwab) mask with movable mandible and removable horns. Possibly bio Sepa. Remarks: This mask worn, so I was told, when the “Big Devil” came out of the bush. CHECK

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