Helmet Mask
date: label: Accession Date
content: 21 Oct 2014
label: Collection Date
content: 1968 to 1970
name: label: Collector
content: Allen Davis
label: Donor Name
content: Allen Davis
notes: label: Notes
content: Wan-balinga. Helmet mask representing a Fulani woman. Identification of mask character verified in email exchange with Dr. Christopher Roy, Professor of Art History, University of Iowa. See also: Roy, Christopher, Mossi Masks and Crests, PhD Dissertation Indiana University 1979.
label: Notes
content: Crested front to back. Human head. Understated. Dark Patina. Eyes, raised rings.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Aug 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ouagadougou (near), Burkina Faso, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Mossi
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2066766
label: USNM Number
content: E433667-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Mask
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 21.3 cm
label: Width
content: 15.5 cm
label: Height
content: 17 cm