Mask

Museum number:
5-3318
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050003318
Alternate number:
[TBD-MTB, 10/2/2009] (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1770
Description:
Carved wooden mask. Antelope head. Similar to 5-3317 except the horns are longer. Painted red, white and black. L = 45.75”.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Guro tribe
Culture or time period:
Guro
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 33:19Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, 117D
Loans:
S1965-1966 #2: Civic Arts Center (Walnut Creek) (July 7, 1965–August 5, 1965) and S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3318, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head. Similar to 5-3317 except the horns are longer. Painted red, white and black. L = 45.75”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mask, accession number 5-3318, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head. Similar to 5-3317 except the horns are longer. Painted red, white and black. L = 45.75”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-3318, described as Carved wooden mask. Antelope head. Similar to 5-3317 except the horns are longer. Painted red, white and black. L = 45.75”.

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