Mask

Museum number:
5-16160
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-230 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibibio Mask ; carved, painted black; small features, protending ears, unusual hair style. Conservation: Some rub marks on hair and near right eye; chip at top edge.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibibio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
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:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 20.5 centimeters, length 8.8 centimeters, and height 24 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-8
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16160, described as Ibibio Mask ; carved, painted black; small features, protending ears, unusual hair style. Conservation: Some rub marks on hair and near right eye; chip at top edge.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16160, described as Ibibio Mask ; carved, painted black; small features, protending ears, unusual hair style. Conservation: Some rub marks on hair and near right eye; chip at top edge.

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