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Gelende mask showing male acrobats and female figure
Object Number 975-12-50/11800
Display Title Gelende mask showing male acrobats and female figure
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mask, carved wood, helmet-shape, human face, human acrobats, painted
Classification
  • Mask
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1975
Culture
  • Yoruba
  • Abeokuta
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Nigeria, southwestern
Materials Wood, Pigment, Twill tape, Wire
Dimensions Overall: 66 x 32 x 29 cm (26 x 12 5/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 975-12-50/11800
Provenance
Collector Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1950s - 1975)
Donor Donald Deskey (1975)
Donor Mr. Eliot Elisofon (1950s - 1975)

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