Mask

62-3-2

From: Cameroon

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 62-3-2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Bamum
Provenience Cameroon
Section African
Materials Wood
Iconography Human
Description

Wood. Helmet type. Human with holes for eyes; grinning mouth showing teeth, with narrow slit between. High knobbed headdress. Details of headdress and all of face except mouth, eye, and ear details, lacquered black-brown.

Height 48.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Webster (Margaret Freuer) Plass, 1962

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