Headdress | Yale University Art Gallery

early 20th century

Medium: Wood and pigment
Dimensions: 4 3/4 × 6 × 16 in. (12.065 × 15.24 × 40.64 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Susan L. and Mortimer B. Fuller III
Accession Number: 2009.108.4
Geography: Nigeria
Culture: Igala, Idoma
Period: 20th century
Classification: Masks
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Provenance

Gift of Susan L. and Mortimer B. Fuller III to Yale University Art Gallery in 2009

Bibliography

"Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed 2012), 6

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

ceremonial objects, headdress, headgear, masks (costume)

animals

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