The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 20, 2024

Helmet Mask

Helmet Mask

c. 1940
Wood and paint
Overall: 47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
Gift of Katherine C. White 1971.293
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

Across the African continent, this kind of wooden mask is the only one owned and performed by women.
  • 1961
    Jack Patla, Charleston
    Jack Patla, Charleston (1961); Katherine White Reswick
  • CMA 1973: "Year in Review 1972," CMA Bulletin LX (March, 1973), p. 106, no. 30.
    CMA 1968: "African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection," cat. no. 46, repr.
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