Mask

Museum number:
5-13485
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-1272 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3367
Object count:
1
Description:
Dan (Yacouba) Mask; human face, finely carved nose and lips in full relief. 9.5 “. Purchased, 1970, $250.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa, Liberia/Ivory Coast, Dan; Purchased from Pierre Verites in Paris
Culture or time period:
Dan
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
December 27, 1977
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Illustrated: Marvin, Marvin and Cappelluti; The Human Adventure, 1976: 321B/W photo stored with Bascom Collection Index Card File. Notation on back of photograph reads as follows: “Masque - Visage Humain, Peiple Yacouba, Region de Man, Moyen Carally, Cote d’ Ivorie. Bois sculpet. Patine brune. PAHMA Storage Loc: V-30-10
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13485, described as Dan (Yacouba) Mask; human face, finely carved nose and lips in full relief. 9.5 “. Purchased, 1970, $250.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask, accession number 5-13485, described as Dan (Yacouba) Mask; human face, finely carved nose and lips in full relief. 9.5 “. Purchased, 1970, $250.

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