Helmet Mask (mwaash Ambooy)
Object type: Mask
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Kuba peoples
Date: 19th–20th century
Medium: Cotton, leather, shells, beads, wood, string, bone, raffia, pigments
Dimensions: H. 20 1/2 x W. 10 7/8 x D. 15 3/8 in. (52.1 x 27.6 x 39 cm)
Classification: Beads-Costumes
Geography:     Democratic Republic of the Congo  
River: Sankuru River region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession year: 1979
Tags: Faces