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. The reverse is hollow. The narrow eye slits go right the way through. The nose and forehead ridge are continuous. The hole in the mouth also goes through.
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: E436569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 9.5 cm
label: Width
content: 4.5 cm
label: Height
content: 2.5 cm