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Mask

by 1949

Onyide Adugbologe

(Nigerian, c. 1875–1949)
Culture
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Abẹ́òkúta, Yorùbá
Medium
Wood and paint
Measurements
Overall: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Katherine C. White 1974.206
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
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The prominent teeth on this sculpture may be a visual or symbolic reference to a hare.

Description

Onyide Adugobologe was part of a famous carving workshop that his father founded in the late 1800s in the town of Abeokuta, Nigeria. This mask was made for the egúngún society, whose masquerades honored departed ancestors.

Mask

by 1949

Onyide Adugbologe

(Nigerian, c. 1875–1949)
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Abẹ́òkúta, Yorùbá

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