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© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
Trophy Head Crest Mask
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
ClassificationsAfrican Art

Trophy Head Crest Mask

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
Date19th-20th Century
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions9 3/4 x 33 x 9 in. (24.8 x 83.8 x 22.9 cm)
Object number1994.004.639
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), 27, number 57.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • African Art
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19th-20th Century
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late 19th-early 20th Century
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20th Century
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20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2006.
late 19th-early 20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
19th-late 20th Century