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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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