Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume (paka egúngún)
Artist/Maker
Yorùbá peoples
Dateca. 1920–48
place madeOgbomosho, Nigeria, Africa
MediumCotton, wool, silk, synthetic fabrics, cowry shells, buttons, sequins, tin, and wooden armature
DimensionsOverall: 66 × 49 × 12 in. (167.6 × 124.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineOberlin Friends of Art Fund
Object number2000.12
Status
On viewA Matter of Taste: The African Collection at the Allen Memorial Art Museum
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 2, 2002 - June 2, 2002 )
Collections
- On View
- African & Oceanic
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