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
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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1900–1950
Raffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
73.89
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
1865–1935
Wood, kaolin, paint, wire, cotton string, and trade cloth
90.401
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
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
Unknown Indigenous Pacific Islands or First Nations Australian artist
1900–1973
Raffia, bamboo, other plant fibers, wood, paint, seeds, and feathers
73.182