Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-12909
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050012909
- Alternate number:
- B-1119 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.3023
- Description:
- Mask, so-called "portrait mask" ; anthropomorphic oval face with slits for eyes surrounded by border with zigzag edge; antelope horns and ears above face; blackened carved woodd. (Purchased, Dakar 1965:1 $8.)
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Ivory Coast, baule (coll. at dakar) (Murdock 32:20)
- Culture or time period:
- Baule
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1965
- Materials:
- Wood (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Function:
- 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
- Accession date:
- December 14, 1973
- Context of use:
- Pro. made for sale
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- height 44 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
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