Helmet Mask
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Helmet Mask (early to mid-1900s). Gift of Katherine C. White Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.336

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The iconography of this helmet mask is comprised of sculpted renderings of different animal attributes including a ram's horns, a warthog's tusks, a crocodile's mouth, and a hyena's snout. Carved between the long antelope horns is a miniature chameleon that holds an abstract wing-shaped motif called mangele. Intended to impress and terrify, the sculpture's fearsome aesthetic alludes to the mask's power as an anti-sorcery device.

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A dark-brown wooden mask depicts a stylized forest spirit with prominent horns and a fierce expression.

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