Helmet Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 28 Aug 1992
label: Collection Date
content: 1986
name: label: Donor Name
content: Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden
notes: label: Notes
content: PROVENIENCE UNDOCUMENTED. IDENTIFICATION PROVIDED BY HMSG. LARGE, CARVED HOLLOW RECTANGULAR MASK HAS DEEPLY CARVED FACIAL FEATURES W/ JUTTING HEARTSHAPED BROWS, A LONG NOSE, PROTRUDING CYLINDERS FOR EYES W/ HOLES ABOVE (FOR WEARER TO SEE), PROTRUDING OPEN MOUTH REVEALTING TEETH, CARVED EARS, PLACED HIGH ON THE SIDES. IN THE FRONT, EYES, TOP SIDES OF BROWS, NOSE & MOUTH LEFT UNPAINTED; LIPS AND UNDERSIDES OF BROWS PAINTED RED. EVERYTHING ELSE PAINTED WHITE. EARS ARE PAINTED GREEN. ON THE BACK SIDE, GREEN STRIPES W/ GREEN GEOMETRIC PATTERN. TOP OF MASK HAS TUFT OF "HAIR" FROM TYPE OF STRAW. ALSO HAS STRAW BEARD. HAIR IS GLUED (?) OR NAILED (?) BEARD IS ATTACHED BY TYING STRAW LOOPS THROUGH PIERCED HOLES IN MASK. CONDITION: AREAS OF LOSSES ALONG BROWS. BRITTLE STRAW IS FALLING OUT.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 28 Nov 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Central (not certain), Africa (not certain)
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 370312
label: USNM Number
content: E428147-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 40.8 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 40.8 cm
label: Height - W/ Mount
content: 71 cm