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