Anthropomorphic, Gelede mask ( from Save? (2500) 1944) ; Representing Egungun; One of a pair (see #47).Yellow ground with white, purple and black. H = 38.0cm
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
December 21, 1988
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Handbook of West African Arts 1953, plate 15; Whitney Halsted’s Slides - no. 52; Bascom 1973, pg. 52. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, Space 1
Loans:
S1972-1973 #108: Music (UC Berkeley) (April 26, 1973–August 15, 1977), S1983-1984 #43: Sonoma State University (February 28, 1984–April 24, 1984), and S1984-1985 #23: Sonoma State University (November 28, 1984–April 22, 1985)