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Helmet Mask

Helmet Mask

Date: before 1880
Geography: Cameroon, Grassfields region
Culture: Bamum kingdom
Medium: Wood, copper, glass beads, raffia, cowrie shells
Dimensions: H. 26 x W. 14 x D. 10 3/4 in. (66 x 35.6 x 27.3 cm)
Classification: Beads-Sculpture
Credit Line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1967
Accession Number: 1978.412.560

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Gable Figure (Dilukai)

Gable Figure (Dilukai)

Date: late 19th–early 20th century
Accession Number: 1978.412.1558a-d

Armchair

Armchair

Attributed to Pottier and Stymus Manufacturing Company (active ca. 1859–1910)

Date: ca. 1870–75
Accession Number: 1970.35.1

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar)

Attributed to Exekias

Date: ca. 540 B.C.
Accession Number: 17.230.14a, b

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton

Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date: 1900
Accession Number: 17.172

Glass oinochoe

Glass oinochoe

Date: mid-4th–early 3rd century B.C.
Accession Number: 2012.479.7

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