Helmet Mask

Helmet Mask

Attribution: Museum-publishedProvenance: Museum accession

Attribution follows a published museum catalogue or peer-reviewed scholarship. Object is held in a public collection under a published accession number.

Helmet Mask, Igbo — front view
Front · Cleveland Museum of Art · CC0 — Cleveland Museum of Art

Catalogued by Cleveland Museum of Art as “Helmet Mask”, dated c. 1900. Harvested from the museum’s open-access record; every field below is copied from that record and none of it has been inferred.

Record

People / cultureIgbo
CountryCameroon
Common nameHelmet Mask
Form categoryFace mask
Subject depictedAncestor or named individual
MaterialsWood, kaolin, and organic materials
DimensionsOverall: 57.2 cm (22 1/2 in.)

Provenance

(Mathias Komor Gallery, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1967)
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1967-)

CollectionCleveland Museum of Art
Accession number1967.151

Source

Cleveland Museum of Art, Helmet Mask, accession 1967.151. https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.151

https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.151

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