Ibo mask. carved, painted wood. small, round face with prominent knob on forehead, protruding lips, knob-like eaers. stylized scarification lines incised on cheek, brows, and middle of scalp. 10 perforations around edge for attachment of drape or ruff. Conservation: Upper and right edge broken; lower lips broken (both old breaks).
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
Collection date:
1945
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:
height 10.5 centimeters, width 13.8 centimeters, and length 18 centimeters