Mask
Date19th Century
MediumWood, kaolin
DimensionsThe four faces vary in height:
8¼ in.
21.0 cm
13½ in.
34.3 cm
11½ in.
29.2 cm
8½ in.
21.5 cm
8¼ in.
21.0 cm
13½ in.
34.3 cm
11½ in.
29.2 cm
8½ in.
21.5 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund, General Endowment Fund, Benson and Edith Ford Fund, Henry Ford II Fund, Conrad H. Smith Fund
Object number1983.24
ClassificationsSculpture
Curator NotesFour-faced helmet mask, each head of a different size with arched eyebrows and pierced slit eyes, the whole colored white with kaolin.
On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 2, African, Gallery 2
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, African
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Paul Guillaume, Paris;
Helena Rubenstein Collection;
Franklin Family Collection
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