Amaseri (west of Afikpo) mask. small, round mask with horns (one horn broken and repaired previously). narrow eyes, small nose and mouth, black paint used on horns, top of head, eyebrows, and mouth, raffia braided and threaded through holes on perimeter of mask.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
1970
Materials:
Paint (coating), Raffia (fiber), 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
Context of use:
Nfuebulu" mask
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 14.9 centimeters, length 19 centimeters, and height 8.1 centimeters