Carlotta - the museum database

1998.10.0002 :: mask (ansiktsmask), skulptur, figur

Object description

Bassa mask.

"At first glance some Bassa masks could be mistaken for Dan, but Bassa specificity is so striking that such confusion could not reasonably continue. A few Bassa masks are carved along the straight, vertical lines of the typical face mask. However, most Bassa masks curve smoothly, assuming a quarter-moon configuration... The peculiar construction of the mask is determined by the way it is worn: not on the wearer's face, but fatened obliquely to a basked." ref. Meneghini, 1972.

Data elements

Inventarienummer

1998.10.0002

Sakord

figur; mask (ansiktsmask); skulptur

Sakord, engelska

mask; sculpture

Etnisk grupp - ursprung

Bassa

Källor, Wikipedia - beskr. av: en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org

Land - ursprung

Liberia

Källor, Wikipedia - beskr. av: sv.wikipedia.org

Land, engelska - ursprung

Liberia

Världsdel - ursprung

Afrika

Världsdel, engelska - ursprung

Africa

Beskrivning

Bassa mask.

Materialkategori

trä

Material - tillverkning

trä

Material, engelska - tillverkning

wood

Teknik - tillverkning

snidat

Anmärkning

Referenserna är givna av Björn Ranung.

Namn - förvärvat från

Kallak, Kaarel

Tidpunkt - förvärv till museet

1998

Klassifikation, OCM (smal)

Dans (535)

OWC - ursprung

FD7

Ursprungsdatabas

Etno

Belongs to Samling

1998.10 Kallak, Kaarel

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1998.10.0002 :: mask (ansiktsmask), skulptur, figur

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