Mask

Museum number:
5-3255
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003255
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden face mask. “Weaver’s” mask. L = 15.0”; W - 7.0”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Senufo Tribe
Culture or time period:
Senufo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 12:6Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue card is the Appraiser’s number; not a Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: W-2-2
Loans:
S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964), S1967-1968 #73: University of California Library (January 15, 1968–March 15, 1968), S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972), and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3255, described as Carved wooden face mask. “Weaver’s” mask. L = 15.0”; W - 7.0”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3255, described as Carved wooden face mask. “Weaver’s” mask. L = 15.0”; W - 7.0”.

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