Object Details
- Description
- Relatively naturalistic wood helmet mask with a knob on top of the incised patterned hair painted black. The face is shades of red, multiple layers of paint, with white pigment/paint on the ring at the base of the knob.
- Provenance
- Samuel Jennings Hamrick, Republic of the Congo, late 1960s to 2008
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Suku artist
- Date
- Mid-20th century
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nancy Ely-Raphel in memory of Samuel Jennings Hamrick
- Medium
- Wood, paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 42.8 x 22.3 x 38 cm (16 7/8 x 8 3/4 x 14 15/16 in.)
- Type
- Mask
