Mask

Museum number:
5-5306
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-86 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.2067
Description:
Carved, wooden mask with elaborate carved vertical projection down center; horn like projections surmount face.
Donor:
Russell S. Springer Memorial Fund, University Appropriation, and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, West Africa, Upper Volta, Mali; Mosi (Murdock 12:27)
Culture or time period:
Mossi
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
Summer 1965
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)
Dimensions:
height 81 centimeters
Comment:
Original # on object is “86”. Not a Bascom inventory number. Appears to be a dealer’s number. Murdock 12:27
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5306, described as Carved, wooden mask with elaborate carved vertical projection down center; horn like projections surmount face.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-5306, described as Carved, wooden mask with elaborate carved vertical projection down center; horn like projections surmount face.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-5306, described as Carved, wooden mask with elaborate carved vertical projection down center; horn like projections surmount face.

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