Mask or plaque

Museum number:
5-2197
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002197
Alternate number:
B-361 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1484
Description:
Wooden mask or plaque; with double upright horns on head; brown wood; probably mahogany.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Procured at Accra
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1944-1945
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
December 19, 1961
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 14 centimeters and length 25 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-28-2. Collected at Accra. Exhibited at Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin 1956.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask or plaque, accession number 5-2197, described as Wooden mask or plaque; with double upright horns on head; brown wood; probably mahogany.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask or plaque, accession number 5-2197, described as Wooden mask or plaque; with double upright horns on head; brown wood; probably mahogany.

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