Palace Crest Mask of Buffalo
Artist
Unknown African
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
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Published References Phillips, Tom (ed.). Africa: The Art of a Continent. London: Royal Academy of Arts, 1997. Page __, figure 5.13.
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