Helmet Mask

CultureYaka peoples
Titles
  • Helmet Mask
Date1934–1967
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumWood, raffia, cloth, gourd, paint, hide, and cordage
Dimensions36 1/2 × 18 × 21 in.

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Shirley Bracken Evans
Object number89.9
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceMrs. Shirley Bracken Evans, Dallas, until 1989; given to MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED "Looking at Sculpture," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Sept. 15 - Dec. 29, 1991. See Exhibit Master file for more information (excode = LOOKING AT SCULPTURE).

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