Artist
Unknown African
CultureEkpeye peoples
Titles
- Pangolin Headdress
- Pangolin Headdress (Egbukere society)
Date1925–1950
PlaceNigeria, Africa
MediumWood, paint, metal, cloth, rope, and nail
Dimensions9 × 41 1/2 × 13 in. (22.8 × 105.4 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Baroid Corporation in honor of its loyal Nigerian employees at "One Great Night in November, 1990"
Object number90.499
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
203M Sterling Galleries
On view
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Department
African ArtObject Type
Exhibition History"Permanent Collection Installation," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston MFAH, November 4, 1998-present.
"Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment in the Niger Delta," Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California Los Angeles, May 19–November17, 2002.
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Unknown African
1925–1950
Plant fiber, pangolin skin, snake skin, elephant hair, glass buttons, glass beads, and feathers
90.500
Unknown Indonesian
late 19th century
Gold, metal, and wood
2004.2271.A,.B
Tomás Saraceno
2020
Mirrored glass disk, carbon fibre, polyester rope, velvet rope, monofilament fishing line, stainless steel
2022.408
Lorenzo Legati
1677
Book with woodcuts
BF.2022.1
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Jan Sluijters
c. 1913
Charcoal, pastel, and gouache on paper
2000.122.A,.B
