The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Mask

by 1949

Onyide Adugbologe

(Nigerian, c. 1875–1949)
Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Abẹ́òkúta, Yorùbá
Wood and paint
Overall: 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Gift of Katherine C. White 1974.206
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

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.
  • ?–1967
    George Jurgens, New York
    1967–1974
    Katherine (Reswick Merkel) C. White
    1974–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art by gift
    Provenance Footnotes
    1 Memorandum from William D. Wixom to Ursula Korneitchouk and Del Gutridge. 12/18/74. CMA Archives
    2 Memorandum from William D. Wixom to Ursula Korneitchouk and Del Gutridge. 12/18/74. CMA Archives
  • Fagg, William Buller. African Tribal Images;the Katherine White Reswick Collection. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968, no. 111. no. 111
    Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review 1974.” In Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (March 1975): 97, no. 22. p. 97, no. 22
  • The Power of the Mask in Africa. Kent State University Art Galleries, OH (October 15-November 5, 1997).
  • {{cite web|title=Mask|url=false|author=Onyide Adugbologe|year=by 1949|access-date=25 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1974.206