AFRICAN HELMETS

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FIPA Helmet 2 11", $800

IGALA Helmet 1 SOLD

SENUFO Helmet 6 17", $600

IGBO Helmet 1 11.5", $450

SENUFO Helmet 1 11", $800

SENUFO, Helmet 3 SOLD

SENUFO/HONDA Helmet 5 SOLD

SENUFO Helmet 4 14", $600

SENUFO Helmet 2 11", $1000

FIPA, Helmet 6 11.5", $800

KOMA-BUILSA Helmet 8 SOLD

BOBO, Helmet 9 13", $300

DOGON Helmet 12 5x8", $400

Koma-Builsa Helmet 5 SOLD

DOGON Helmet 14 SOLD

KULANGO Helmet 1 SOLD

DOGON Helmet 13 8x11", $800

DOGON Helmet 13 8x11", $800

AFRICAN CROWNS Catalog

YORUBA Helmet 1 11",$600

Photographs © Tim Hamill

VARIOUS TRIBES, Helmets

In traditional Africa, helmets were used not only as protection, but also to show status or rank. They can be carved from wood, cast in bronze or woven and embellished with horns, symbolic forms, cloth, cowries, metal strips and beads.

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