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Egungun Headdress
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Egungun Headdress

Object number2021.12.4
ProvenanceShirley and Alden Nickelson, Bellingham, Washington, while living on Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria, between 1968 and 1971; to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 2021
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Alden Nickelson
Dimensions24 x 12 x 15 in. (61 x 30.5 x 38.1 cm)
MediumWood, pigments
Headdress (Egungun)
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.581
Headdress (Egungun Olode)
Yoruba
Object number: 81.17.591
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
early 20th century
Object number: 2014.30.4
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
Object number: 2014.30.3
Ugandan
ca. 1968
Object number: 94.24
Photo: Susan Cole
Yoruba
1970s
Object number: 97.33
Headdress (Ekine Society)
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.530
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
late 19th century
Object number: 89.103
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.106