Artist
Unknown African
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
Not on view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
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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Unknown African
1850–1990
Wood with traces of pigment including kaolin, ochre, and indigo
91.1476
Unknown African
1825–1840
Sheet gold, sheet metal, cloth, feathers, leather, wood, and metal staples
97.908
Unknown African
1900–1940
Wood, silver, copper, iron, cotton cloth, glass beads, and paint
91.1452
Unknown African
1890–1950
Wood, cowrie shells, fur, hair, nails, brass tacks
73.91
