Maskette; wood; dark brown; oval head with raised triangular nose, and half circle mouth; slit eyes with half oval eyelids; cone shaped neck; flat surface on back. (Abidjan 1963: #91. 41)
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; mande tribe; Dan tribe
Culture or time period:
Dan
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1963
Materials:
Wood (plant material) (wood, carved)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.2 Magic: Objects Associated with Practices reflecting confidence in the ability to manipulate supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 23, 1970
Context of use:
Said to be a guardian of farm fields.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 13.7 centimeters
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-10. Exhibited: San Mateo College, 1967.