FMNH 210114.nosub{2}

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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Chicago Natural History Museum - Ethnology | 22- 12 | ENT | Provenience: Nigeria | People or Culture: Yoruba | Object: Mask-Headdress (used in Gelede cult) | Material: Wood, carved and painted, with cloth apron | Description: Hat-like mask, representing a humanoid face, with protruding eyes and 3 tribal scar marks on forehead, and each cheek. On forehead is curved cross. Head, part of eyes painted black, tribal marks, eyes, part of cross painted gold, most of face pink. Cloth apron tan. | Dimensions: (in cm.) Length (chin to occiput) 27, width at cross 26, Ht. 18. | Collection: W. R. Bascom- purchased in Accra, 1944 [LEFT MARGIN] A | 210114 | Field No. Bascom 494 | Neg. No. | Acc. 2615
Catalog Number: 210114.nosub{2}
Description: mask
Materials: wood, paint, cloth
Cultural Attribution: Yoruba
Accession Number: [2615] W. R. Bascom (Gift)
Accession Year: 1957
Other Numbers: 494
Collector/Source: William R. Bascom, William R. Bascom
EMu IRN: 1115350
GUID: 7eb582f4-76b4-4523-bd56-b1ef84c551b5

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