Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
Helmet Mask (Baba Kumbu)

CultureAbelam people
Titles
  • Helmet Mask (Baba Kumbu)
  • Helmet Mask (Baba)
Date1950–1960
PlaceMaprik Hills, Prince Alexander Mountains, Papua New Guinea
MediumPlant fiber, paint, cassowary feathers, human hair, and shell
Dimensions17 x 18 x 17in. (43.2 x 45.7 x 43.2cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Meredith J. Long at "One Great Night in November, 1989"
Object number89.258
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
Lower Brown Corridor
Exposé

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ProvenancePossibly Numbungai or Saragum Village, Papua New Guinea; [Maureen Zarember, Tambaran Gallery, New York, by 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.

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Helmet Mask (Baba)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.1
Helmet Mask (Baba Kumbu)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1950–1960
Plant fiber and paint
90.407.2
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1925
Cane, rattan, cassowary feathers, mud, and paint
93.390
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1985–1995
Plant fiber and paint
96.1081
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Plant fiber, mud, paint, and cassowary feathers
65.8
Lime Container and Spatula
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1980
Wood and cassowary bone
98.479.A,.B
Chest Ornament (Tema)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1880–1890
Giant clam shell, turtle shell, stone, animal teeth, glass, and plant fiber
88.1
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Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182
Gable Mask for a Men's House
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1950
Sago spathes, plant fibers, nails, and paint
64.21
Head Ornament (kapkap)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1908–1912
Giant clam shell, turtle shell, stone and shell beads, and plant
86.412
Mask (Mwai)
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1935–1962
Wood, shells, hair, tusks, clay, plant fiber, and paint
62.33