Onyide AdugbologeNigerian, 1875–1949
Mask
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the sculpture
Onyide Adugobologe was part of a famous carving workshop that his father founded in the late 1800s in the town of Abeokuta, Nigeria. This mask was made for the egúngún society, whose masquerades honored departed ancestors.
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1974.206
In the catalog
Sources
- The Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · fetched 7 days ago
- Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art — © the artist or rights holder
