Helmet Mask (Gogwum)
Object type: Mask
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Montol peoples
Artist: Danpeh
Artist bio: Nigerian
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: Nigerian
Date: 1948
Medium: Wood, pigment
Dimensions: H. 29 5/16 x W. 10 1/2 x D. 10 1/2 in. (74.5 x 26.7 x 26.7 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Nigeria  
River: Benue River Valley region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of the William W. Brill Foundation, 1962
Accession year: 1978