Mapiko Helmet Mask

Clothing/Dress/Costume

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Purdue University Galleries

Front

Front

Name/Title

Mapiko Helmet Mask

Entry/Object ID

2001.01.04

Description

Helmet style mask

Use

The mask was used in the initiation rituals for young boys and girls to be taken into adulthood

Acquisition

Accession

2001.01

Source or Donor

Thomas D. Slater

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Thomas D. Slater

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Textile Details

Material

Wood, Hair, Pigment

Made/Created

Artist

Unrecorded Artist

Date made

circa 1900 - circa 1980

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Country

Tanzania

Region

East Africa

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Mekonde

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Mask, Ritual

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Religious Objects

Nomenclature Class

Ceremonial Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

8 in

Depth

9 in

Provenance

Notes

Dr. Thomas Slater Indianapolis, IN; donated to Purdue University in 2001

Exhibition

25: A Selection Works from Purdue Galleries’ Permanent Collection (2024)