Mask

Museum number:
5-1741
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001741
Alternate number:
B-491 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
wooden Egungun cult head mask; horned; painted black, red, and brown. 12 1/2" h [handwritten on card: 32 cm high]
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
Materials:
Paint (coating) and 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:
height 31.75 centimeters
Comment:
collected at Abeokuta in 1943-44. Silde
Loans:
S1966-1967 #104: KQED Television (May 5, 1967–May 8, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-1741, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; horned; painted black, red, and brown. 12 1/2" h [handwritten on card: 32 cm high]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-1741, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; horned; painted black, red, and brown. 12 1/2" h [handwritten on card: 32 cm high]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1741, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; horned; painted black, red, and brown. 12 1/2" h [handwritten on card: 32 cm high]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1741, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; horned; painted black, red, and brown. 12 1/2" h [handwritten on card: 32 cm high]

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