Mask

Museum number:

5-3305

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Alternate number:

B-65 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.1770

Object count:

1

Description:

Carved wooden face mask. Black; eyes sunken; wide mouth, perforated for teeth (?).

Donor:

University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom

Collection place:

Cote d'Ivoire

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Ivory Coast; Dan Tribe

Culture or time period:

Dan

Collector:

William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

July 1963

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Masks (costume)

Function:

5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)

Accession date:

1963

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

length 26.65 centimeters

Comment:

Murdock 33:16Note: The “Original Number” appearing on the catalogue is the Appraiser’s number; no Bascom index number. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-7

Loans:

S1964-1965 #5: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology/William Russell Bascom (July 16, 1964–July 16, 1964), S1966-1967 #34: Design (UC Berkeley) (November 28, 1966–December 9, 1966), and S1970-1971 #96b: Dramatic Arts (UC Berkeley) (March 11, 1971–March 15, 1971)

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