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Pangolin Headdress

Pangolin Headdress

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Pangolin Headdress
Artist
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 Art
Object Type
ProvenancePurchased in Cameroon by [Davis Gallery, New Orleans, 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1990.
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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