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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)
Headdress (Egungun)
Object number: 81.17.581
Headdress (Egungun Olode)
Headdress (Egungun Olode)
Object number: 81.17.591
Image Not Available for Antelope headdress: Agira Agbo
Antelope headdress: Agira Agbo
20th century
Object number: 2002.58
Image Not Available for Bark cloth
Bark cloth
ca. 1968
Object number: 94.24
Photo: Susan Cole
Egungun (Power Concealed) costume
1970s
Object number: 97.33
Child's ceremonial kimono
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
late 19th century
Object number: 89.103
Child's ceremonial kimono
Child's ceremonial kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.106
Photo: Paul Macapia
Child's kimono
Japanese
19th century
Object number: 89.130
Valance for a temple or pavilion (ider-ider)
Valance for a temple or pavilion (ider-ider)
19th - early 20th century
Object number: 2005.139
Image Not Available for Skull rack (Agibe)
Skull rack (Agibe)
Melanesian
Object number: 81.17.1454
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Female Body mask
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.19
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Seated royal woman
Cote d'Ivoire
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.20