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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
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.

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