cma-african-art: Helmet Mask, early 1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtDeliberately distorte
cma-african-art: Helmet Mask, early 1900s, Cleveland Museum of Art: African ArtDeliberately distorted and exaggerated facial features reflect the awesome powers of a great chief. The quadrupeds on the mask’s head suggest the close association between the leopard and the king. In the Cameroon grasslands, masks are typically related to a regulatory society that guards ancestral mores; society members wear the masks and dance in the secrecy of the night.Size: Overall: 33 x 63.5 x 41.9 cm (13 x 25 x 16 ½ in.)Medium: wood, pigmenthttps://clevelandart.org/art/1971.66 -- source link