Polychromed Mask W/ Bird On Top
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. CARVED FROM 1 PIECE , HOLLOW WOODEN OVAL MASK IS SCREWED TO METAL BRACKET ON THIN METAL BASE. MASK HAS A RIM, HAIRSTYLE IS 2 SWATHES ON EITHER SIDE OF STRAIGHT BANG, DECORATED W/INCISED CURVILINEAR DESIGN. CURVED BROWS W/ 3 SCARIFICATION MARKS BETWEEN SLITSOR EYES, LONG, SCULPTED NOSE, SMALL OPEN MOUTH, REVEALING 5 TEETH. TOP OF HEADIS STYLIZED BIRD FIGURE W/ LONG NECK AND A SMOOTH OVAL CREST (OR CAP?) ROUND WINGS ARE CLOSE TO BODY, LEGS APART. HAIR PATTERN, BROWS, EYES, LIPS, BIRD HEAD, NECK, WINGS, & TAIL APPEARED TO BE PAINTED IN BLACK W/ THE REMAINING ARE A NATURALLY BROWN OR W/ RED (MOSTLY FADED). BACK OF MASK HAS 4 HOLES AROUND EDGE, 2 HAS REMAINS OF BRAIDED COTTON ROPE. BASE LABEL "S.1936."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Not Given, Côte d'Ivoire (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Youri / Baule (?)
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428227-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height - W/base
content: 55 cm