Head from a Headdress (Egungun society)

CultureYoruba peoples, Egba group
Titles
  • Head from a Headdress (Egungun society)
Date1880–1930
Place , , Nigeria, Africa
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/4 × 6 1/2 × 9 in. (23.5 × 16.5 × 22.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Dr. Gus K. Nicholson Collection
Object number91.1446
Non exposé

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Department
African Art
ProvenanceDr. Gus K. Nicholson (1942–1989), Houston, by 1989; by inheritance to his heirs, 1989–1991; given to MFAH, 1991.
Exhibition History"Sculpture of Black Africa: The Gus Nicholson Collection," Rice Museum, Rice University, Houston, December 12, 1980 - February 22, 1981 [1].
[1] Exhibition check list, no. 81 (on file).

“The Private Eye: Selected Works from Collections of Friends of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 11, 1989-August 13, 1989.

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