Mask

Museum number:
5-1739
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001739
Alternate number:
B-486 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
wooden Egungun cult human face mask; unpainted except for patch of green for hair. 10" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Abeokuta
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
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:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 19.05 centimeters, length 25.4 centimeters, and height 11.43 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1739, described as wooden Egungun cult human face mask; unpainted except for patch of green for hair. 10" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1739, described as wooden Egungun cult human face mask; unpainted except for patch of green for hair. 10" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1739, described as wooden Egungun cult human face mask; unpainted except for patch of green for hair. 10" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2

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