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

Mask

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa
CultureIgala
Datemid 20th Century
Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett
Dimensions5 7/8 x 11 x 7 7/8 in. (14.9 x 28 x 20 cm)
Object number1994.004.704
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), 101, number 243.
ProvenanceEx coll. William S. Arnett (1939-2020), Atlanta, Georgia, by 1978.
Status
Not on view
Collections
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late 19th-early 20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 19th-early 20th Century
© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University
late 19th-early 20th Century
© Bruce M. White, 2010.
mid 20th Century