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Helmet Mask  (kponyugu)
Helmet Mask (kponyugu)

Helmet Mask (kponyugu)

Dateearly–mid 20th century
Associated withAfrica
MediumWood
DimensionsH. 12 1/2 x L. 32 1/2 x W. 12 1/2 in. (31.8 x 82.6 x 31.8 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of the Hanes Corporation
Object numberGL.72.19.45
On View
On view
Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), group of objects on long-term loan listed 68. Edgar Peters Bowron, ed., Introduction to the Collections (Chapel Hill: published for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, by The University of North Carolina Press, 1983), illus. (b-w) 66. Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 41.
Exhibition HistoryGreensboro, NC, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, September 9-30, 1973. Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present.
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