Donor: Berta Bascom / Function: 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama / Loans: S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Donor Berta Bascom Function 5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama Loans S2009-2010 #11: SFO Museum (dates unknown)

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16065, described as Yoruba Egungun erin mask. Carved, painted wood with huge, upstanding ears [hare?]. Face yellow with blue slash marks on cheeks and forehead; hair blue, embelished with silver nodules; stylized black beard projects from chin. Ears decorated with carved lattice and geometric shapes, painted red, green, yellow, blue and silver. Crown-like device topped with a cross is painted inside each ear. Drum-like object is mounted between the ears above the forehead. A hare/lizard combination animal is mounted behind the ears on the crown of the head, and painted blue, yellow, orange and silver. Collar flange at the base of the head is unpainted and pierced for attachment of costume. H = 69.0cm, W = 30.0cm, T = 36.0cm. Egungun [erin; references “elephant” per the large size and heighth of the costumed figure.]

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16181, described as Yoruba mask (Gelede. Save 1944). Leopard, snake and bats; black, yellow and blue

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-16207, described as Bobo owl mask. carved annd painted wood; red, white, black, yellow. carved with 5 sections with 4 handle-like structures, topped by 3 human figures, 2 white, one red. 2 sections are square, 2 diamond shape, with geometric designs. bottom section is round with stylized oval face. Conservation: Several chips (original) are painted over, white paint flaking.

Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-15651, described as mask, wood, handcarved; concave bowl-shaped platform w/head of Eshu nailed on top. Eshu figure with scarification on cheeks and forehead, and large tuft of hair extending from upper left side of head; monkey heads (3), bird, and yam (?), and antelope (?) head nailed near outer edge of bowl; ring of nails at rim; H = 23.0cm, Dia. = 30.0cm. with bag of fragments

Hearst Museum object titled Mask and costume, accession number 5-13492, described as mask with attached costume; anthropomorphic face mask of yellow-painted wood with black and white painted eyes and zigzag band; maroon felt cap; costume of assorted strips of wool, velvet, cotton cloth and cotton netting; brass bells and cowrie shells ornament some of the strips; h. face and cap ca. 38 cm.