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ClassificationsAfrican Art

Poro Gbetu Helmet Mask

Place CreatedLiberia, Africa

CultureVai

Datelate 19th-early 20th Century

MediumWood, fiber, metal

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions10 1/2 x 26 x 10 5/8 in. (26.7 x 66 x 27 cm)

Object number1994.004.798

Exhibition HistoryThe Art of Collecting: Recent Acquisitions at the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Michael C. Carlos Museum, November 8, 1997 - January 4, 1998
MCCM Permanent Collection Installation, July 19, 2003 - March 13, 2007
Published ReferencesThe West Guinea Coast: An Exhibition of African Art from the Collection of William & Robert Arnett (Decatur: The Galleries, 1975), number 42.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1975.

Status

Not on view

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