Mask

Museum number:
5-3317
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003317
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Guro tribe
Culture or time period:
Guro
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 33:19Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117D
Loans:
S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown) and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3317, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head with long horns. Painted red, white and black. L = 28.25”.

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