Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 7 Nov 2019
label: Collection Date
content: 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Blake Robinson
label: Donor Name
content: Mona Gavigan
notes: label: Notes
content: Carved wooden face with a 90 degree bend, which makes the forehead very high, and only a suggestion of hair.
label: Notes
content: From donor (about whole set of masks, catalog numbers 436281 through 436887): Miniature Masks, predominantly Dan and Bassa, Liberia. Wood. All collected in Liberia, ca 1970, by Blake Robinson; vetted by William Siegmann, the foremost expert on Liberian art; some vetting numbers remain on back. Each with much use evident in wear and patina.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 26 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Liberia, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Dan
label: Culture
content: Bassa
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2077558
label: USNM Number
content: E436762-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 5 cm
label: Width
content: 3 cm
label: Height
content: 2.5 cm