Mask

Museum number:
5-1740
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001740
Alternate number:
B-489 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
Wooden Egungun cult head mask; painted yellow, black, orange and green. Height: 13 1/2" [handwritten on card: 34 cm]
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 34.29 centimeters
Comment:
collected at Abeokuta in 1943-44. Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 131D
Loans:
S1961-1962 #18: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (September 12, 1961–September 26, 1961) and S1966-1967 #34: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (November 28, 1966–December 9, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-1740, described as Wooden Egungun cult head mask; painted yellow, black, orange and green. Height: 13 1/2" [handwritten on card: 34 cm]Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-1740, described as Wooden Egungun cult head mask; painted yellow, black, orange and green. Height: 13 1/2" [handwritten on card: 34 cm]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1740, described as Wooden Egungun cult head mask; painted yellow, black, orange and green. Height: 13 1/2" [handwritten on card: 34 cm]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1740, described as Wooden Egungun cult head mask; painted yellow, black, orange and green. Height: 13 1/2" [handwritten on card: 34 cm]

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