Unknown African
Helmet Mask Representing a Warrior

Helmet Mask Representing a Warrior

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Helmet Mask Representing a Warrior
Artist
CultureKom peoples
Titles
  • Helmet Mask Representing a Warrior
  • The Simpson Mask
Date19th century
PlaceCameroon, Grasslands Region
MediumWood with pigment
Dimensions23 × 15 × 13 1/2 in. (58.4 × 38.1 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2017.105
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
ProvenanceJean Roudillon, Paris, 1970s or earlier–1978; purchased by Merton D. Simpson, New York, 1978 (Simpson Inv. No. “2798”); purchased by private collection; sold through [Schweizer Premodern, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.

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