Artist
Unknown African
CultureKuba peoples, Bushoong group
Titles
- Helmet Mask with Elephant Trunk
Date1900–1950
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo, Africa
MediumRaffia cloth, glass beads, cowry shells, raffia, wood, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 16 × 19 × 27 in. (40.6 × 48.3 × 68.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number73.89
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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Unknown African
c. 1900
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, and glass beads
2022.110
Unknown African
1895–1905
Raffia, cotton cloth, cowry shells, glass beads, and brass bells
92.451
Unknown African
1900–1950
Cotton cloth, flannel, glass beads, raffia cloth, indigo dye, and cane (?)
97.341
Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, plastic discs, mussel shells, cowry shells, hornbill skull, and cotton cloth
90.501
Unknown African
1925–1950
Raffia, cane, other plant fibers, feathers, paint, and twine
91.1923
Unknown African
1940–1960
Wood, cowry shells, cotton cloth, sacrificial matter, plastic beads, nails, and traces of indigo
97.811.A,.B
Unknown African
1880–1930
Wood, cowry shells, plant fiber, horn, and iron
91.1437
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1884–1895
Wood, paint, opercula shells, lime plaster, plant fiber, bark, bark cloth, rattan, and cord
90.256
Unknown African
1900–1940
Glass and jasper beads, cotton cloth, raffia cloth, cane, and iron
98.240