Yoruba model Egungun (hare) mask. Abeokuta . carved wood mask model. human-like features, eyes, nose & mouth with rabbit ears. Purchased from Old Curiosity Shop, L.A. Conservation: Drying crack along base of left ear and down side of left neck base.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
S. Africa, Ghana, Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters, length 10 centimeters, and height 15.1 centimeters
Comment:
See another in Herskovits, Backgrounds of African Art. Such models were used only in Abeokuta, to my knowledge; drying crack along base of left ear and down side of left neck base. card only gives dimensions as: 15.1 x 9 x 10 cm, so could apply to height, width or length.