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Helmet Mask
Helmet Mask

Helmet Mask

Maker Congolese
Maker Kuba
Maker Bena a Mapolo
Maker Dimbelenze
Maker Binji
Object number2001.51
Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum: Bridging Cultures, London: Scala Publishers Ltd. for the Seattle Art Museum, 2007, p. 49
Credit LineGift of the Christensen Fund
Dimensions16 15/16 x 11 x 11in. (43 x 27.9 x 27.9cm)
MediumWood, polychrome, seeds, raffis, hair
Mask costume (Jipae) (of the rope type also called "Elder Brother")
Mask costume (Jipae) (of the rope type also called "Elder Brother")
Indonesian
Object number: 94.114
Photo: Paul Macapia
Yam mask
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1492
Helmet Mask
Helmet Mask
Makonde
early 20th century
Object number: 2004.103
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Helmet Mask
Makonde
20th century
Object number: 2006.96
Image Not Available for Helmet Mask
Helmet Mask
Kenyan
20th century
Object number: 2010.44.3
Asmat shield
Asmat shield
Asmat
early 20th century
Object number: 2004.238
Image Not Available for Necklace
Necklace
Unknown artist
Object number: 81.17.737
Magician's Rattle
Ndengese culture
Object number: 2001.204
Four-faced helmet mask
Four-faced helmet mask
Ibibio
Object number: 81.17.518
Image Not Available for Conical helmet mask
Conical helmet mask
Nigerian
early 20th century
Object number: 2011.30
Image Not Available for Necklace
Necklace
Maasai
Object number: 81.17.1008
Image Not Available for chest plate
chest plate
Zulu
Object number: 81.17.1286