© Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University

ClassificationsAfrican Art

Headcrest Mask

AAT Object Form/Functionheaddresses

AAT Object Form/Functionmasks (costume)

AAT Object Techniquepainting (image-making)

AAT Object Form/Functionsculpture (visual works)

Place CreatedNigeria, Africa

CultureIgbo, northern

Date20th Century

MediumWood, pigment

Credit LineEx coll. William S. Arnett

Dimensions2 15/16 x 8 11/16 x 2 9/16 in. (7.5 x 22 x 6.5 cm)

Object number1994.004.638 A/B

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), 26, number 56.

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

Status

Not on view

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