Helmet Mask (Kono Kun)
Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.
Catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago as “Helmet Mask (Kono Kun)”, dated Early to mid-20th century. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.
| People / culture | Bamana |
|---|---|
| Country | Mali |
| Common name | Helmet Mask (Kono Kun) |
| Materials | Wood, horn, quills, and sacrificial material |
| Dimensions | 22.9 × 103.5 × 28.6 cm (9 × 40 3/4 × 11 1/4 in.) |
Unknown private collector, Belgium, from late 1960s [conversation with P. Leloup dated Jan. 30, 1997, documented in curatorial file]; sold to Philippe Leloup and Hélène (ex-Kamer) Leloup, Arts Primitifs, Paris, by 1996 [acquisition documentation in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1997.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 1997.62 |
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/146935
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