Mask

Museum number:
5-15785
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4645
Description:
Mask, wood, hand carved; man with goatee; eye slits; face painted red; wooden horns on top of head, incision for hair; face outlined in raised dentate pattern; fiber rods attached to back of mask by holed drilled near edge. Length 42.0 cm. Width 16.5 cm. A reproduction.
Donor:
Irwin Hersey
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Ivory Coast; Baule
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
August 1, 1994
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15785, described as Mask, wood, hand carved; man with goatee; eye slits; face painted red; wooden horns on top of head, incision for hair; face outlined in raised dentate pattern; fiber rods attached to back of mask by holed drilled near edge. Length 42.0 cm. Width 16.5 cm. A reproduction.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15785, described as Mask, wood, hand carved; man with goatee; eye slits; face painted red; wooden horns on top of head, incision for hair; face outlined in raised dentate pattern; fiber rods attached to back of mask by holed drilled near edge. Length 42.0 cm. Width 16.5 cm. A reproduction.

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