Mask

Museum number:
5-16131
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016131
Alternate number:
B-72 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 400). four poster with teeth. Black, white, red , and yellow. Carved, painted wood.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Udi, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Udi; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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)
Comment:
Illustrated: Oakland Public Museum flier, June 1960. PAHMA Storage Loc: V 4-Bascom-4
Loans:
S1969-1970 #141 : Los Angeles County Museum of Art (September 18, 1969–December 3, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16131, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 400). four poster with teeth. Black, white, red , and yellow. Carved, painted wood.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-16131, described as Ibo Mask (Udi, 1, 400). four poster with teeth. Black, white, red , and yellow. Carved, painted wood.

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