Helmet Mask

Date19th/20th Century

Object PlaceIvory Coast, West Africa, Africa

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions38 inches (96.52 cm)

Credit LineGift of Governor and Mrs. G. Mennen Williams

Object number66.485

DescriptionWood 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.

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