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    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Helmet Mask

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, skin, and teeth

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.533
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Form of a Human Head

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, skin, pigment, rattan, metal, and bone(?)

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.45
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Form of a Human Head

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, skin, hair, rattan, and oil

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.48
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress Representing a Young Woman

    Artist, possibly by: Etim Abassi Ekpenyong
    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, antelope skin, rattan, metal, and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.77
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Male Figure

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.452
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress With Janiform Head

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Metal, wood, cloth, basketry, fiber, and black pigment

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.463
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress in the Form of a Human Head

    Date: 
    late 19th–early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood

    Accession Number: 
    2010.6.182
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Headdress

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood, antelope skin, brass, kaolin, paint, and fiber rope

    Accession Number: 
    1978.119
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Masks
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Janus Head

    Date: 
    19th–20th century
    Medium: 

    Wood and pigment

    Accession Number: 
    1980.113.6
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    19th–20th century
    Classification: 
    Sculpture
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    African Art

    Ngbe Leopard Society Lodge Emblem

    Date: 
    early 20th century
    Medium: 

    Diker, crocodile, bovine, and deer skulls; tortoise shells, horn, fiber, wood, rattan, palm leaf spines, and encrustation

    Accession Number: 
    2006.51.565
    Culture: 
    Ejagham
    Period: 
    20th century
    Classification: 
    Architectural Elements
    Status: 
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