Mask

Museum number:
5-16122
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-44 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
Ibo mask; carved and painted wood with raffia ruff. woman; elongated face with stylized markings in blue, white, red, and black. wide mouth with small teeth and black lips. small black diamond shaped carvings on each cheek. Conservation: Raffia is beginning to sluff away. Ibo Mask (Udi). Fine beautiful women with raffia, black , white, yellow and red. (Black White Bule Orange)
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1945
Materials:
Paint (coating), Raffia (fiber), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 24.5 centimeters, width 12.5 centimeters, length 54 centimeters, and width 36.5 centimeters
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 132B
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16122, described as Ibo mask; carved and painted wood with raffia ruff. woman; elongated face with stylized markings in blue, white, red, and black. wide mouth with small teeth and black lips. small black diamond shaped carvings on each cheek. Conservation: Raffia is beginning to sluff away. Ibo Mask (Udi). Fine beautiful women with raffia, black , white, yellow and red. (Black White Bule Orange)

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