Mask

Museum number:
5-4599
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2606
Description:
Mask; wood foundation; hemispherical forehead decoration with applied bicycle tire; 5 spike- like projections of stained wood; strip of woven cotton twine-like material; mastic overlay on face with 2 white ceramic “cheeks”; 7 spike-like projections of stained wood (1 missing); vegetable fiber beard.
Donor:
John Sills and Mrs. John Sills
Collection place:
Zai Town, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Liberia; Gedeh County; Zai Town; Kran attrib.
Culture or time period:
Kran
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
March 13, 1970
Context of use:
Poro Society initiation mask?
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #31: Fiberworks Center for the Textile Arts (December 30, 1981–February 1, 1982)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-4599, described as Mask; wood foundation; hemispherical forehead decoration with applied bicycle tire; 5 spike- like projections of stained wood; strip of woven cotton twine-like material; mastic overlay on face with 2 white ceramic “cheeks”; 7 spike-like projections of stained wood (1 missing); vegetable fiber beard.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-4599, described as Mask; wood foundation; hemispherical forehead decoration with applied bicycle tire; 5 spike- like projections of stained wood; strip of woven cotton twine-like material; mastic overlay on face with 2 white ceramic “cheeks”; 7 spike-like projections of stained wood (1 missing); vegetable fiber beard.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-4599, described as Mask; wood foundation; hemispherical forehead decoration with applied bicycle tire; 5 spike- like projections of stained wood; strip of woven cotton twine-like material; mastic overlay on face with 2 white ceramic “cheeks”; 7 spike-like projections of stained wood (1 missing); vegetable fiber beard.

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