Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-16219
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050016219
- Alternate number:
- B-1711 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.4739
- Description:
- carved and painted; representing an Englishman; yellow skin, large nose, mustache, narrow slit eyes, protruding lips; fabric hood attached
- Donor:
- Berta Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- West Africa, Nigeria, Yoruba
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
- 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:
- June 23, 2004
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- hood— width 55 centimeters, mask— width 15.7 centimeters, and mask— height 23 centimeters
- Images:
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