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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Commemorative Head
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAfrican Art

Commemorative Head

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
CultureEdo
MediumWood
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions8 11/16 x 16 9/16 x 10 5/8 in. (22.1 x 42 x 27 cm)
Object number1994.004.649
Exhibition HistoryThree Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 1978
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Published ReferencesMarcilene K. Wittmer and William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978), 37, number 88.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • African Art
© Bruce M. White, 2012.
19th Century or later
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century