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Elephant Mask Headdress

2014.03.0896

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Artifact Identification Elephant Mask Headdress   (2014.03.0896)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Personal Symbols
    3. :
  3. Status Symbols
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date N/A
Culture Probably Bamileke

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 81 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 79 cm
Dimension 3 (Height) 25.7 cm
Weight 2048 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Animal--Feather, Plant--Wood, Textile, Animal--Bird--Chicken
Manufacturing Processes N/A

Research Remarks

Description Under Review
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine Mullen Kreamer. Crowning Achievements: African Arts of Dressing the Head. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1995.

Northern, Tamara. The Sign of the Leopard: Beaded Art of Cameroon. Storrs: University of Connecticut, 1975.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Lynn and Michael Noel Collection
Reproduction N/A

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