Bamileke
Helmet Mask (N’Kang)
1933
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Bamileke
Helmet Mask (N’Kang)
1933
Physical Qualities
Wood, human hair, cowrie shells, animal horns, 10 1/2 × 7 × 7 in. (26.7 × 17.8 × 17.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Allen A. Davis
Object Number
2017.90
Head of blackened wood, attached are five animal horns, cowries, and long human hair braids. Two leather pouches and metal ring at back of head. Two human hair braids as a beard. Some cowries on braids
Allen A. Davis, Santa Fe, NM by purchase, 1995; Pace Primitive, New York City, NY. Mr. Fielder Cook, San Francisco, CA.
Northern, Tamara. " Splendor and Secrecy: Art of the Cameroon Grasslands." Pace Primitive and Ancient Art, The Pace Gallery, January 27-March 10, 1979, New York.
