COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1969.240
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AIC_.1969.240
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
aly
1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
crn
Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
African; West African; Nigerian
crc
African; West African; Nigerian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Africa, Nigeria//Africa, West Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Southern Ghana, Southern Nigeria, Togo (SL) Africa,West Africa,Nigeria
cdt
Africa, Nigeria//Africa, West Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Southern Ghana, Southern Nigeria, Togo (SL) Africa,West Africa,Nigeria
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Yoruba
crt
Yoruba
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Headdress (Ago Egungun)
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Headdress (Ago Egungun)
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
3/4 view
rid
3/4 view
View
false
Creation Date:
c. 1880
oct
c. 1880
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
1850
ocs
1850
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
1950
oce
1950
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Wood
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Wood
Materials and Techniques
false
Subject Description:
Mask in form of head of male hunter. Face with large, bulging, almond-shaped eyes; broad nose; and wide lips. Zig-zag projection from forehead to back of head as coiffure. Phallic projection of hunter's cap extends down from P.L. side of head. Crusty, dark patina consistent all over.
sup
Mask in form of head of male hunter. Face with large, bulging, almond-shaped eyes; broad nose; and wide lips. Zig-zag projection from forehead to back of head as coiffure. Phallic projection of hunter's cap extends down from P.L. side of head. Crusty, dark patina consistent all over.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Africa,West Africa,Nigeria,Ogun (state),Abeokuta
ocp
Africa,West Africa,Nigeria,Ogun (state),Abeokuta
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
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H: 11 3/4 in. (29.8 cm); W: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); D: 8 in. (20.3 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1969.240
ooa
1969.240
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, E. E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson.
ooc
The Art Institute of Chicago, E. E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson.
Credit Line
false
Rights:
orl
<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E33676.TIF
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AIC_.E33676.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false