Unidentified
Helmet Mask
circa 20th century
Category
Culture
Kom
Place Made
Cameroon: Fungom Region: Village of Esu
Materials
Wood, bones, teeth, horns, feathers, fiber rope, kaolin, magic bundle
Measurements
17 1/2 x 11 x 11 1/2 in (44.45 x 27.94 x 29.21 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Robert P. Gordy Fund
Accession #
2000.20
Description
Helmet mask with open mouth, fang-like teeth, wide, sunken eyes, single rounded horn at forehead, and sagittal crest. Medicines hang from mask on lengths of fiber rope, including animal horns and skins, bones, feathers, and flasks. The facial structure of the mask references that of a baboon.