Carved wooden face mask. Bearded male head with 2 legs attached.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Guinea
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Guinea; Seneganibian tribes; Baga
Culture or time period:
Baga
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 39.4 centimeters
Comment:
Murdock 34:1Note: The “Original Number” that appears on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-13
Loans:
S1970-1971 #95: City of Oakland (March 5, 1971–March 5, 1971), S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971), and S1977-1978 #33: Presidio Army Museum (February 9, 1978–February 23, 1978)