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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Cap Mask
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Cap Mask

Artist Kom peoples, Cameroon grassfields (Cameroonian)
CultureAfrican | Kom
DateEarly- to mid-20th century
MediumWood | Pigment
DimensionsOverall: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2403
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 110
DescriptionMask in the Babanki style (an ethnic group located in the Highlands regions of Cameroon).

Published ReferencesDon Harrison, "Art Unveiled," _Coastal Virginia Magazine,_ April 2014, 52.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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