Detail View: The AMICA Library: Headdress (Ago Egungun)
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AMICA ID:
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AIC_.1969.240
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AMICA Library Year:
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1998
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Name:
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Unknown
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Creator Nationality:
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African; West African; Nigerian
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Africa, Nigeria//Africa, West Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Southern Ghana, Southern Nigeria, Togo (SL) Africa,West Africa,Nigeria
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Yoruba
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Title:
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Headdress (Ago Egungun)
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Title Type:
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preferred
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View:
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3/4 view
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Creation Date:
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c. 1880
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Creation Start Date:
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1850
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Creation End Date:
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1950
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Materials and Techniques:
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Wood
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Subject Description:
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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.
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Creation Place:
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Africa,West Africa,Nigeria,Ogun (state),Abeokuta
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Dimensions:
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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)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Art Institute of Chicago
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Owner Location:
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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ID Number:
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1969.240
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Credit Line:
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The Art Institute of Chicago, E. E. Ayer Endowment Fund in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson.
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Rights:
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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AIC_.E33676.TIF
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