Gallery Location
- Artist/Maker
- Unknown (Congolese, Suku People)
- Title
- Helmet Mask (hemba)
- Date
- Mid-20th century
- Material & Process
- Wood, raffia, pigment, and kaolin
- Dimensions
- 21 x 18 x 13 1/2 in. overall
- Credit
- Gift of Eva, Louise, Estelle, and Emily Young in honor of Crawford Young
- Inventory No.
- 2021.5.2
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Location
- Democratic Republic of Congo
Related
Late 1960s-early 1970s, acquired by Crawford Young most likely in Democratic Republic of the Congo; Crawford and Rebecca Young (Madison, WI); 2020, by inheritance to Crawford Young’s daughters (Eva, Louise, Estelle, and Emily Young); 2021, gifted to the Chazen Museum of Art
- High, Frieda. "Traditional Art of Sub-Saharan Africa." Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1972. no. 81
- Traditional Art of Sub-Saharan Africa: Memorial Union and African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 10/2/1972–10/29/1972
- Crawford Young Collection (2019): Capitol Lakes, Madison, WI
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