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Headdress (Egungun)

Date:
19th–20th century
Geography:
Nigeria, Abeokuta region (?)
Culture:
Yoruba peoples
Medium:
Wood, pigment iron nails
Dimensions:
H. 10 7/8 x W. 9 3/4 x D. 8 3/4 in. (27.6 x 24.8 x 22.2 cm)
Classification:
Wood-Sculpture
Credit Line:
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:
1979.206.184

This artwork is not on display

  • Provenance

    [Avram Isaacs(?), Toronto, until 1960]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1960, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1960–1978

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