Mask

Museum number:
5-8647
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Accession number:
Acc.2604
Description:
Mask; carved wood; anthropomorphic face with stained features in low relief on white ground; pursed lips; inverted egg shape; ht. 25 cm.
Donor:
George Lois and Mrs. George Lois
Collection place:
Gabon
Verbatim coll. place:
Gabon
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 31, 1970
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975) and S1989-1990 #13: California State University, East Bay (January 10, 1990–February 13, 1990)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-8647, described as Mask; carved wood; anthropomorphic face with stained features in low relief on white ground; pursed lips; inverted egg shape; ht. 25 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-8647, described as Mask; carved wood; anthropomorphic face with stained features in low relief on white ground; pursed lips; inverted egg shape; ht. 25 cm.

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