Yaka
Helmet Mask
Early-mid 20th century
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Yaka
Helmet Mask
Early-mid 20th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, raffia, fiber, pigment, 24 × 21 3/4 × 14 in. (61 × 55.2 × 35.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Allen A. Davis
Object Number
2017.134
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2017; Allen A. Davis, Santa Fe, NM by purchase, 2012; Charles Moreau Gallery and Nasser & Co., New York City, NY; Robert Benton Collection, New York City, NY; Pace Primitive, New York City, NY, by purchase, 1992; Allen Davis Collection, Santa Fe, NM; Francois Neyt; Ferri Encheres, Drouot, Paris, France, 1979, lot 216.
Francois Neyt, "Traditional Arts and History of Zaire," 1981, p.113 Fig. IV:4.
Yale Archives for African Art, Number 0012957.
