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Maker Igbo
Object number81.17.523
ProvenanceAcquired by Katherine White (1929-1980), Seattle, Washington, 1971 (location unknown); 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. 136, reproduced fig. G-2.
Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company
Dimensions20 11/16 x 5 1/8 x 4 7/16 in. (52.5 x 13 x 11.2 cm)
MediumWood, pigment, and cloth
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
20th century
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Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
early 20th century
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Single-faced Crest mask
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Object number: 81.17.508
Mask
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Object number: 81.17.513
Photo: Susan Cole
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Object number: 81.17.539
Photo: Paul Macapia
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Object number: 81.17.583
Photo: Paul Macapia
Nigerian
Object number: 81.17.590
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Nigerian
Object number: 2014.30.3