ClassificationsAfrican Art

Face Mask (Mba)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, Afikpo

Date20th Century

MediumWood, raffia, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions5 1/8 x 16 9/16 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 42 x 13 cm)

Object number1994.004.645

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), 33, number 75.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, from at least 1978.

Status

Not on view

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