Helmet (Sigi 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 (Sigi Kun)”, dated Mid-19th 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 (Sigi Kun) |
| Materials | Wood and pigment |
| Dimensions | 69.3 × 72.8 × 24.2 cm (27 1/4 × 28 5/8 × 9 1/2 in.) |
Simon (d. 1999) and Miche (d. 2007) Escarré, Côte d'Ivoire, and La Baule, France, from the early 1950s (reportedly acquired in Korhogo, Côte d'Ivoire) [according to personal communication from P. Girard in curatorial file; photo documentation in curatorial file]; Miche (d. 2007) Escarré, La Baule, France; sold to Patrick Girard, Lyon, France, April 26, 2002 [personal communication from P. Girard in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 2018.
| Collection | The Art Institute of Chicago |
|---|---|
| Accession number | 2018.362 |
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/245116
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