[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Two-faced, carved, wooden, “fire spitters”,helmet mask. Painted dot decoration. On top is fiberous mastic with remains of feathers.L = 65.0 cm
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast-(Haute); Upper Volta; Senufo
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Original # on object is “52”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:6NOTE: Dance mask of Korubla Society. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A, Mez, 119B
Loans:
S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982)