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ClassificationsAfrican Art

Face Mask (Okorisia Nma) (?)

AAT Object Form/Functionmasks (costume)

AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, Oba/Egbema region, Omoku Ahoada ?

Date20th Century

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions10 11/16 in. (27.1 cm)

Object number1994.004.641

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
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), 29, number 64.

ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.

Status

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