Helmet Mask
Date19th/20th Century
Dimensions38 inches (96.52 cm)
Credit LineGift of Governor and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams
Object number66.485
ClassificationsSculpture
Curator NotesWood Firespitter helmet mask with straight antelope horns striated at bottom end. Boar's tusks and ears(?) on fore- head. Hornbilled bird on dome holding animal (chameleon?) in beak. Wide open jaws of mask connected by six large teeth. Two warthog tusks at back of mouth, two on top of face at sides of long nose.
On View
On viewCollections
- Native American Minds of Colonial America Copy
Locations
- Loan Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Sculpture & Decorative, Gallery 5
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