Unknown African
Antelope Mask

CultureOgoni peoples
Titles
  • Antelope Mask
Date1900–1925
PlaceNigeria
MediumWood
Dimensions14 5/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in. (37.1 × 11.7 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lynn and Peter R. Coneway, Frances and Peter C. Marzio, and S. Reed Morian in memory of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 2008"
Object number2008.518
Not on view

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Department
African Art
ProvenancePrivate collection, USA; [Entwistle Gallery, London and Paris]; purchased by MFAH, 2008.

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