Mask
- Museum number:
- 5-1739
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050001739
- Alternate number:
- B-486 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
- Accession number:
- Acc.1370
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- wooden Egungun cult human face mask; unpainted except for patch of green for hair. 10" x 7 1/2" x 4 1/2
- Donor:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection place:
- Nigeria
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Abeokuta
- Culture or time period:
- Yoruba
- Collector:
- William Russell Bascom
- Collection date:
- 1943-1944
- Materials:
- 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:
- 1960
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Dimensions:
- length 25.4 centimeters, height 11.43 centimeters, and width 19.05 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1960-1961 #18: Contra Costa Juvenile Hall, Martinez (April 14, 1961–April 17, 1961)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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