Mask, anthropomorphic; bulging forehead, half-closed eyes, eyebrows running from almost one side to other, upturned nose, long carved beard; raffia hair on raffia cloth; red, white and black pigment; perforations along edges.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa, Congo (Kinshasa), Ba-pende; (Murdock 38:16)
Culture or time period:
Ba Pende
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1965
Materials:
Pigment, Raffia (fiber), 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:
December 14, 1973
Context of use:
Worn in dances when the young men return to the village after circumcision in the initiation schools.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 39 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Bascom, 1973:104.B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card file. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, V-19-5. Exhibited: LMA 1967; Art Dept., Contra Costa Coll. 1968; Coll. of MArin Art Gallery 1969; Dept of Art, Sta. Rosa Jr. Coll. 1969.
Loans:
S1968-1969 #39: Contra Costa College (November 18, 1968–December 27, 1968), S1968-1969 #87: College of Marin (April 3, 1969–May 2, 1969), S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)