Mask

Museum number:
5-1738
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050001738
Alternate number:
B-238 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1370
Description:
wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [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, countertop
Loans:
S1962-1963 #20: United Presbyterian Church (October 16, 1962–October 17, 1962), S2009-2010 #11a: SFO Museum (dates unknown), and S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-1738, described as wooden Egungun cult head mask; Hare, painted red and black, 13 1/2" h. [handwritten on card: 34 cm.]

Tools