Mask

Museum number:
5-1695
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001695
Accession number:
Acc.1302
Description:
Carved wooden mask -- painted red, brown, black and white. This mask, made for Mr. Kopytoff on order, follows traditional Chokwe from/for these masks which are topped with a large fan made of feathers; a net of raphia is attached to the holes and provides a cap going around the back of the head of wearer. 25.4 x 17.78 cm
Donor:
Igor Kopytoff and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Central Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Batchok (Chokwe)
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #95: City of Oakland (March 5, 1971–March 5, 1971) and S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts Department (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1695, described as Carved wooden mask -- painted red, brown, black and white. This mask, made for Mr. Kopytoff on order, follows traditional Chokwe from/for these masks which are topped with a large fan made of feathers; a net of raphia is attached to the holes and provides a cap going around the back of the head of wearer. 25.4 x 17.78 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1695, described as Carved wooden mask -- painted red, brown, black and white. This mask, made for Mr. Kopytoff on order, follows traditional Chokwe from/for these masks which are topped with a large fan made of feathers; a net of raphia is attached to the holes and provides a cap going around the back of the head of wearer. 25.4 x 17.78 cm

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