wooden Egungun cult head mask; with carved long-eared animal on rear, painted black, blue, red and yellow. 17" high.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1943-1944
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:
1960
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 43.18 centimeters
Comment:
collected at Abeokuta in 1943-44. Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez, counter top
Loans:
S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975) and S1986-1987 #31: University of California, Santa Cruz (April 28, 1987–June 8, 1987)