Headdress

Maker Yoruba

Object number81.17.582

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions14 15/16 x 9 15/16 x 8 13/16 in. (37.9 x 25.2 x 22.4 cm)

MediumWood and pigment

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Container (Opon)

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.620

Headdress (Egungun Olode)

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.591

Calabash

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.632

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Calabash bowl with lid

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.633

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Calabash

Yoruba

Object number: 81.17.634

Headdress (Nwanza)

Igbo

Object number: 81.17.522

Headdress (Ekine Society)

Nigerian

Object number: 81.17.530

Headdress (Egungun)

Nigerian

Object number: 81.17.581

Headdress

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Object number: 81.17.794

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Dance headdress

Wurkun

Object number: 79.146

Antelope Headdress

Kurumba

20th century

Object number: SC87.114

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Antelope headdress: Agira Agbo

Nigerian

20th century

Object number: 2002.58

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