Sande Helmet Mask

Object/Artifact

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UTA Fine Art Collections

"Sande" Helmet Mask, front view: Carved wood helmet mask depicting female with down-cast eyes, neck rings, and elaborate coiffure, front view.
"Sande" Helmet Mask, front view

Carved wood helmet mask depicting female with down-cast eyes, neck rings, and elaborate coiffure, front view.

Name/Title

Sande Helmet Mask

Entry/Object ID

2011.C-D.038

Description

Medium carved helmet mask of a female with down-cast eyes, striations around eyes, line of striations down the middle of the forehead, neck rings, and elaborate coiffure.

Use

Ritual

Collection

Jonathan A. Campbell & Tanya G. Dowdey African Art Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Bassa People

Role

Sculptor

Date made

circa 1900 - 1930

Place

Region

West Africa

Continent

Africa

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Cameroon, Liberia

Continent

Africa

Culture/Tribe

Bassa People

Dimensions

Height

13 in

Width

9 in

Depth

10-1/2 in

Material

Wood