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Headdress (Nwanza)
Headdress (Nwanza)

Headdress (Nwanza)

Maker Igbo
Object number81.17.522
Provenance[Gallery 43, London, England]; purchased from gallery by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1972; bequeathed to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1981
Exhibition HistoryLos Angeles, California, Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, University of California, African Art in Motion: Icon and Act, Jan. 20 - Mar. 17, 1974 (Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art, May 5 - Sept. 22, 1974). Text by Robert Farris Thompson. No cat. no., p. 123, reproduced fig. H-6 (as mask). Los Angeles, California, Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos, Oct. 1984 - Feb. 1986 (Washington, D.C., National Museum of African Art, Jul 1 - Oct 1, 1985; Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, Jan. 5 - Mar. 2, 1986; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Apr. 10 - June 15, 1986). Text by Herbert M. Cole and Chike C. Aniakor. No cat. no., reproduced p. 118, fig. 221. Bellingham, Washington, Whatcom Museum of History and Art, Masks: Facing the World, July 30 - Nov. 8, 1987.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions7 7/8 x 6 15/16 x 8 in. (20 x 17.7 x 20.3 cm)
MediumWood, glass, and pigment
Photo: Scott Leen
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Photo: Scott Leen
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