Helmet Mask (tönköngba or tabakän)
early 1900s
Maker Unknown
African Art
Helmet Mask (tönköngba or tabakän), early 1900s. Africa, West Africa, Guinea, possibly Landuma-style carver. Wood and natural fibers; overall: 76.2 cm (30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1969.3
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Mask
- Formatted Medium
- Wood and natural fibers
- Dimensions
- Overall: 76.2 cm (30 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1969.3
- Credit Line
- Gift of Katherine C. White
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1969, CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 45, repr.<br>CMA 1970: "Year in Review 1969," CMA Bulletin LVII Jan., 1970), p. 47, no. 127, repr. p. 38.
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
- Museum Location
- 108A Sub-Saharan
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