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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Headdress for Egungun Masquerade Costume
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.
ClassificationsAfrican Art
Artist (Yoruba, founded 1852)

Headdress for Egungun Masquerade Costume

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
Datemid 19th-20th Century
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
Collections
  • African Art