Mask

Museum number:
5-16120
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016120
Alternate number:
B-13 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
carved wooden mask, small mouth with prominent teeth, straight nose, narrow eyes, heavy brow, carved design around top (possible a headband), back partially carved, mostly painted with dark stain/paint, holes and channel around perimeter (possibly for decoration). Conservation: Hole in chin, 3cm crack in chin, 5cm crack in head.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
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:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 19.2 centimeters, width 10.9 centimeters, and height 9.2 centimeters
Comment:
Cf. 248?; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 131A
Loans:
S2008-2009 #8: SFO Museum (December 17, 2008–January 12, 2010)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16120, described as carved wooden mask, small mouth with prominent teeth, straight nose, narrow eyes, heavy brow, carved design around top (possible a headband), back partially carved, mostly painted with dark stain/paint, holes and channel around perimeter (possibly for decoration). Conservation: Hole in chin, 3cm crack in chin, 5cm crack in head.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16120, described as carved wooden mask, small mouth with prominent teeth, straight nose, narrow eyes, heavy brow, carved design around top (possible a headband), back partially carved, mostly painted with dark stain/paint, holes and channel around perimeter (possibly for decoration). Conservation: Hole in chin, 3cm crack in chin, 5cm crack in head.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16120, described as carved wooden mask, small mouth with prominent teeth, straight nose, narrow eyes, heavy brow, carved design around top (possible a headband), back partially carved, mostly painted with dark stain/paint, holes and channel around perimeter (possibly for decoration). Conservation: Hole in chin, 3cm crack in chin, 5cm crack in head.

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