Headdress for Egungun Masquerade Costume

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureYoruba, Egbado/Egba, Abeokuta, Itoko Quarter

Datemid 19th-20th Century

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions13 x 9 7/16 x 11 1/4 in. (33 x 24 x 28.5 cm)

Object number1994.004.166

Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Masquerade: Scripturalizing Modernities Through Black Flesh, A Pitts Theology Library Digital Exhibition, Emory University, 2021 (virtual exhibition)
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1980), 79, number 137.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, from at least 1980.

Status

Not on view

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