Mask

Museum number:
5-16142
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050016142
Alternate number:
B-95 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Object count:
1
Description:
Ibo mask. carved wood painted black and remnants of white. carved browridge, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 15 carved teeth, 2 semi-circles protruding from top of head. one circle spot on each cheek under each eye. hollow back. string attached for hanging. hole at top of head ~20cm in diameter. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 600, 1945). Widow's Peak, spots on cheek. Black and White with Red.
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:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 31.5 centimeters and width 19 centimeters
Comment:
Illustrated: Oakland Public Museum Flier, June 1960; PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 131A
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16142, described as Ibo mask. carved wood painted black and remnants of white. carved browridge, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 15 carved teeth, 2 semi-circles protruding from top of head. one circle spot on each cheek under each eye. hollow back. string attached for hanging. hole at top of head ~20cm in diameter. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 600, 1945). Widow's Peak, spots on cheek. Black and White with Red.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16142, described as Ibo mask. carved wood painted black and remnants of white. carved browridge, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 15 carved teeth, 2 semi-circles protruding from top of head. one circle spot on each cheek under each eye. hollow back. string attached for hanging. hole at top of head ~20cm in diameter. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 600, 1945). Widow's Peak, spots on cheek. Black and White with Red.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Mask, accession number 5-16142, described as Ibo mask. carved wood painted black and remnants of white. carved browridge, eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. 15 carved teeth, 2 semi-circles protruding from top of head. one circle spot on each cheek under each eye. hollow back. string attached for hanging. hole at top of head ~20cm in diameter. Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 600, 1945). Widow's Peak, spots on cheek. Black and White with Red.

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