Mask

Museum number:

5-16192

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Alternate number:

B-439 (previous number (Bascom’s number))

Accession number:

Acc.4739

Object count:

1

Description:

Ibo mask; carved and painted wood; black and white with raffia ruff; long narrow face with black and white hair and black beard; eyebrows and bridge of nose highlighted with black; rudimentary ears; raffia ruff attached Ibo Mask (Udi, 2, 800, 1945). High forehead, small, black and white, with raffia. 10" H, 5-1/4" W

Donor:

Berta Bascom

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

W. Africa; Nigeria; Ibo

Culture or time period:

Igbo

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Collection date:

1945

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:

ceremonial

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

width 13.5 centimeters, raffia— width 57 centimeters, height 12.5 centimeters, length 26 centimeters, and raffia— length 48 centimeters

Comment:

PAHMA Storage Loc: 20A Mez 131A

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