carved wooden face mask/ baboon (?); red nose and eyes; trimmed with empty shot-gun shells; hair attached; lined with cloth.
Donor:
University Appropriation and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Ivory Coast; Kru Tribes; Wobe
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection date:
July 1963
Materials:
Hair (material), Shell (animal material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.0 Use not specified (Ritual, Pageantry, and Recreation)
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Murdock 33:9.
Loans:
S1963-1964 #97: Heard Museum (June 30, 1964–October 5, 1964), S1964-1965 #20: California Alumni Association (October 14, 1964–October 23, 1964), S1967-1968 #82: Design Department (UC Berkeley) (February 8, 1968–April 1, 1968), S1969-1970 #72: La Jolla Museum of Art (February 4, 1970–April 14, 1970), S1971-1972 #74: Diablo Valley College (February 1, 1972–March 3, 1972), S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975), and S2002-2003 #9: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (December 20, 2002–April 7, 2003)