(Alan Brandt, Inc., New York, New York, USA); 1976-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Helmet, between 19th and 20th century
- Makonde, African
Wood, wax, and fiber
- Overall: 9 × 8 × 10 1/2 inches (22.9 × 20.3 × 26.7 cm)
Founders Society Purchase, African Art Fund
76.25
Department
Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas
- Makonde
- Wax
- Wood
- Fiber
- Woman
- Helmet
- Mozambique
- Head (animal or human component)
- Scarifications (visual works)
Details
Bulletin of the DIA 55, no. 1 (1976): p. 7 (ill.). Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 197 (ill.). African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 83.
Makonde, African, Helmet, between 19th and 20th century, wood, wax, and fiber. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, African Art Fund, 76.25.
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