mask
- Museum number
- Af1951,32.5
- Description
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Mask; carved of wood; in the form of human face with elongated head, face covered with rows of chevrons; back of head painted dark brown.
- Production date
- 1929 (before)
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.50 centimetres
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Width: 17 centimetres
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Depth: 16 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Register 1951:
Egungun mask- EGUN AIYEDE MEJI. Over 22 years old. From Adedewe of Ile Asalu, Apomu.
AIYEBADE, IBADAN, S. NIGERIA. YORUBA.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Used at: Egungun masquerade
- Acquisition date
- 1951
- Acquisition notes
- Register 1951:
[Collection numbers Af1951,32.2-8] By exchange for a carved figure from the Urhobo tribe, Nigeria (Oldman collection duplicate)].
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1951,32.5