Mask helmet

Museum number:
5-15558
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050015558
Accession number:
Acc.4494
Description:
Mask, helmet type, fiber; knotted woven face, with bulbous nose, and eye slits; dyed grass suspended from chin area; conical hat/crown (?) with reed stiffener at base; side of hat decorated with red, white and brown painted mud (?) triangle, separated by fiber cordage. Length ca. 70.0 cm. Width (at chin) 21.4 cm.
Donor:
Ann Palmer
Collection place:
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Zaire (Congo-Kinshasa); (Ba) Salampasu
Culture or time period:
Ba Salampasu
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1991
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mask helmet, accession number 5-15558, described as Mask, helmet type, fiber; knotted woven face, with bulbous nose, and eye slits; dyed grass suspended from chin area; conical hat/crown (?) with reed stiffener at base; side of hat decorated with red, white and brown painted mud (?) triangle, separated by fiber cordage. Length ca. 70.0 cm. Width (at chin) 21.4 cm.

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