miniature cast brass mask face with long painted ears, double snake headdress, short beard below chin, hanging ring at top; hollow back
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Cameroon
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Cameroon
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Brass (alloy)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume) and Miniature (size attribute)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 14.5 centimeters, width 11.1 centimeters, and length 2.5 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V 3-Bascom-9
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), and S1969-1970 #32: Santa Rosa Junior College (October 24, 1969–October 31, 1969)