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Gelede Mask
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Gelede Mask

Object number2021.12.5
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
Dimensions10 x 12 x 8 in. (25.4 x 30.5 x 20.3 cm)
MediumWood, pigments
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
early 20th century
Object number: 2014.30.4
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
Object number: 2014.30.3
Photo: Paul Macapia
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.583
Photo: Paul Macapia
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.590
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Tanzanian
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.19
Mask
Brazilian
Object number: 81.17.1399
Suah Buah (Large Dance) Mask with costume
Mambila
Object number: 81.17.706
Mask
Wurkun
20th century
Object number: 97.62
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.12
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.13
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Burkina Faso
20th century
Object number: 2012.29.14