Accession No
Z 14480.1
Description
A wooden face mask with close-set eyes, sculpted nose, ears and mouth. Pieces of bone have been inserted into the lips to look like teeth. The whole is coloured black and wearing off in places, and there is also white pigment in a spotted pattern. There are holes along the edge of the mask for the attachment of a costume and there is a large piece of wood missing from the chin.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Sierra Leone; Northern Province; ?Yuke; ?Kobimba; ?Mapoi; ?Sanda
Period
Source
Thomas, Northcote Whitridge [field collector and donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
Z 14480.1; MAA: AR 1916.198; E 1916.146; 116 [Museum no.]; 49 [Thomas Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Timne; ?Mende
Material
Wood; Pigment; Bone
Local Term
Measurements
220mm x 115mm x 290mm
Events
Context (Amendments / updates)
Part of the E 1916.146 (AR 1916.198) N.W. Thomas Ethnological Collection, Sierra Leone. Collected for the museum in 1914. This collection now bears Z numbers.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Labels & Markings)
Thomas (SL) label adhered inside mask reads: '49 / Circumcision Mask / Timne (Sanda)'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Labels & Markings)
Luggage tag attached with string reads: '49 | Yuke or kobimba (L.T.) / Circumcision mask used at dance in town / Mapori / S.Timne | N.W.T.'
in second hand and circled: '116'
stamped on reverse: 'Feb'y 1915 / 4'
Event Date
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Circumcision mask and dress.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Related Documents)
See E 1916.146 record for further details about the Thomas Collection from Sierra Leone. [T.Cotterill]
Event Date 7/5/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Related Documents)
Thomas label adds "Timne (Sanda)". An old label stamped with "Feb'y 1915 4" adds "Yuke or Kobimba (L.T) Circumscision mask used at dance in town. [?] Mapori [writing unclear] S.Timne 116". Label written by A.Herle adds "?Mende". [R.Hand]
Event Date 24/9/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Wooden mask, cracked with piece missing from chin. Decorated with dots of pigment on face, and ?bone or ?teeth used as teeth protruding from mouth. Holes for attachments around edge. Small amount of insect damage.
Event Date 24/9/2001
Author: Katrina Dring
Description (Physical description)
Wooden face mask with close-set eyes, sculpted nose, ears and mouth. Pieces of bone have been inserted into the lips to look like teeth. The whole is ?dyed a black colour which is wearing off in places, and there is also white pigment in a spotted pattern. There are holes along the edge of the mask for the attachment of a costume and there is a large piece of wood missing from the chin.
Event Date 7/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
Context (Amendments / updates)
Record updated as part of the Museum Affordances project 2018-2020
Event Date 7/8/2018
Author: Katrina Dring
FM:125917
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