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Helmet Mask (Kipoko)

Pende (Eastern), 1866-1932

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Pende

Helmet Mask (Kipoko)

Pende (Eastern), 1866-1932

Physical Qualities Wood, red, black, and white pigment, 12 5/16 × 12 1/4 × 12 3/16 in. (31.3 × 31.1 × 31 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Robert Elkin, Mitchellville, Maryland
Object Number 1997.228
Purchased from Herbert Baker, Los Angeles, in 1978.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.247, ill.
'In the Spotlight: Pende Helmet Mask', BMA Today, June 1998, p. 14.

Inscribed: Old tag: '2603'

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