Helmet Mask
Wawa · Nigeria
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- Height
- 75 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Large helmet mask that intervenes mainly in the rites of initiation of young people. His round face appears inside a sort of snoop on which a…
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Full original description
Large helmet mask that intervenes mainly in the rites of initiation of young people. His round face appears inside a sort of snoop on which a crocodile is camped. Red face and blue and white polychrome. Cut teeth. Nose respingone as well as the Yaka.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
- Recorded weight
- 6 g
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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