Manding and Minianka
Kòmò Society Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)
Manding or Minianka, 1900-1932
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Kòmò Society Helmet Mask (Kòmòkun)
Manding or Minianka, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, animal horns, bird skull, plant fibers, porcupine quills, encrustation, glass, 14 1/2 x 10 7/8 x 23 1/2 in. (36.9 x 27.7 x 59.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Mary Cumming, Baltimore
Object Number
1983.79
ex coll Harold Malt, Coconut Grove, Florida; ex coll Daniel Levandowski?
African Reinstallation, "Public Art Section," April 2015, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
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Lamp, Frederick. "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.233, ill.
Bouttiaux, Anne-Marie, ed. "La Dynamique des Masques en Afrique Occidentale (Dynamics of Masks in West Africa)." Tervuren: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale (Royal Museum for Central Africa), 2013.
