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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Mirror Case
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAfrican Art

Mirror Case

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
MediumWood
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions1 15/16 x 12 3/8 x 5 1/8 in. (4.9 x 31.5 x 13 cm)
Object number1994.004.130
Exhibition HistoryAfrican Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, April 17 - May 25, 1980
Art of Nigeria from the William S. Arnett Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, October 15, 1994 - January 2, 1995
Published ReferencesHenry John Drewal, African Artistry: Technique and Aesthetics in Yoruba Sculpture (Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1980), 72, number 126.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1980.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • African Art
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Esubiyi School
ca. 1940s
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Adugbologe School
ca. 1950
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Esubiyi School
early 20th Century
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Esubiyi School
20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University.  Photo by Michael McKelvey.
Adugbologe School
mid 19th-20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2011.
Esubiyi School
ca. 1860 -1910
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
20th Century