Mask

Museum number:
5-12975
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050012975
Alternate number:
B-208 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3100
Description:
Mask (Bende, 900, 1945). Anthromoporphic, wood, dark stained or painted. Raffia beard and opening mouth. Red and Black. 31.0 cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ibibio attr.
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 16, 1974
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-8-9
Loans:
S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-12975, described as Mask (Bende, 900, 1945). Anthromoporphic, wood, dark stained or painted. Raffia beard and opening mouth. Red and Black. 31.0 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-12975, described as Mask (Bende, 900, 1945). Anthromoporphic, wood, dark stained or painted. Raffia beard and opening mouth. Red and Black. 31.0 cm

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