Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo)

Arts of Africa

Early/mid–20th century

Igbo
Akwa-Onitsha region, Nigeria
Coastal West Africa

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Igbo
Title: Face Mask (Agbogho Mmuo)
Place: Nigeria (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1900–1975
Medium: Wood, fabric, and pigment
Dimensions: H.: 40.7 cm (16 in.)
Credit Line: African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund
Reference Number: 1972.802

Recent Acquisitions,” African Arts 6, no. 3 (Spring 1973), p. 71 (ill.)
William J. Dewey, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, exh. cat. (Knoxville, Tenn.: Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, 2003), pp. 45-46, pl. 47.

Knoxville, Tenn., Frank H. McClung Museum, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Jan. 10–May 18, 2003.

Alan Brandt, New York, N.Y., by 1972; sold to the Art Institute, 1972.

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