Helmet Mask
Object type: Mask
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kom kingdom, Laiko
Date: 1830–55
Medium: Wood, iron, copper, pigment, wax
Dimensions: H. 20 × W. 17 1/2 × D. 17 3/4 in. (50.8 × 44.5 × 45.1 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:  Laikom   Cameroon Grassfields region 
Credit line: Purchase, Walter H. Annenberg, Ernst Anspach, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Charles B. Benenson, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Brill, Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, Sigrid Galushka, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky, Marc and Denyse Ginzberg, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Morgan, Mr. and Mrs. Milton F. Rosenthal, Mr. and Mrs. David T. Schiff, Gustave and Franyo Schindler, Faith and Martin Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wunderman Gifts and Anonymous Gift, 1977
Accession year: 1977
Tags: Hands|Heads