ClassificationsAfrican Art

Face Mask (Mma ji)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, Afikpo

Date20th Century

MediumWood, fiber, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions4 15/16 x 14 3/8 x 4 3/4 in. (12.5 x 36.5 x 12 cm)

Object number1994.004.246

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
Masquerade: Scripturalizing Modernities Through Black Flesh, A Pitts Theology Library Digital Exhibition, Emory University, 2021 (virtual exhibition)
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), 32, number 73.
MCCM Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2011.

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

Status

Not on view

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