Accession No
1949.463
Description
Large, carved wooden helmet mask of a human face. The face has almond-shaped eyes and a mouth that has been carved all the way through the wood. There is a large, ridged headdress on top of the face, with a crack in it coming down from the top edge. The mask has been painted with a dark pigment with a shiny finish. The opening at the bottom of the helmet has been covered with a piece of wood, held in place with thin wooden pegs.
Place
Africa; West Africa; Cameroon; Cameroon grasslands
Period
Source
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1949.463
Cultural Affliation
Material
Wood; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
500mm
Events
Context (Production / use)
Catalogue card for 1949.463: 'From the grasslands'.
Event Date 1949
Author: Lucie Carreau
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1949.463: 'Large broad-faced polished black wooden mask. The mouth only pierced.'
Event Date 1949
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Large, carved wooden helmet mask of a human face. The face has almond-shaped eyes and a mouth that has been carved all the way through the wood. There is a large, ridged headdress on top of the face, with a crack in it coming down from the top edge. The mask has been painted with a dark pigment with a shiny finish. The opening at the bottom of the helmet has been covered with a piece of wood, held in place with thin wooden pegs.
Event Date 2/11/2021
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:125973
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