Janus Helmet Mask

Place CreatedIkom, Nigeria, Africa

CultureMbube

Datemid 20th Century

MediumWood, fiber, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions12 x 24 13/16 x 9 15/16 in. (30.5 x 63 x 25.2 cm)

Object number1994.004.399

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), 77, number 183.
Keith Nicklin and Jill Salmons, "Cross River Art Styles," African Arts 18 (November 1984), 36.

Terms

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

Status

Not on view

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