© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Headcrest Mask (Mmuo)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, northern

Date19th-20th Century

MediumWood

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions12 x 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 in. (30.5 x 54 x 38 cm)

Object number1994.004.637

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), v, 25, number 54.

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

Status

Not on view

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