© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University. Photo by Michael McKelvey.

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Janus Headcrest Mask

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, southern

Date19th-20th Century

MediumWood, pigment, twine

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions13 3/8 x 7 1/16 x 5 11/16 in. (34 x 18 x 14.5 cm)

Object number1994.004.640

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), 28, number 62.

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

Status

Not on view

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