Helmet mask

Museum number:
5-5838
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050005838
Alternate number:
12 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.2171
Description:
helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cm
Donor:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection place:
Zodi, Liberia
Verbatim coll. place:
Liberia; Zodi; Kpelle or Gola
Culture or time period:
Kpelle-Gola
Collector:
Warren L. d'Azevedo
Collection date:
1956-1957
Materials:
Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1965
Context of use:
worn as headdress by female member of Sande secret society.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 33 centimeters
Loans:
S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982) and S2009-2010 #7: SFO Museum (February 1, 2010–January 20, 2011)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cmHearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cmHearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cmHearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cm
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Helmet mask, accession number 5-5838, described as helmet mask of West African gum wood blackened with shoe polish; anthromorphic with elaborate headdress; holes above base possibly for attachment of raffia collar; height 33 cm

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