Palace Crest Mask of Buffalo

CultureCameroon peoples
Titles
  • Palace Crest Mask of Buffalo
  • Beaded Palace Crest Mask of Buffalo
Date1800–1899
PlaceCameroon, Africa
MediumBeads, textile, and wood
Dimensions26 3/8 × 10 3/4 × 5 in. (67 × 27.3 × 12.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Director's Accessions Endowment
Object number2004.1989
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
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Department
African Art
Provenance[Tambaran Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2004.

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