Mask with superstructure of female nursing child

Made:
1870-1925 in Nigeria
maker:
Yoruba people
Carved wooden polychrome mask with superstructure of female

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Carved wooden polychrome mask with superstructure of female
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Carved wooden polychrome mask with superstructure of female nursing child, other small figures clustered round her, Yoruba, from Southern Nigeria, 1870-1925

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A243220
Materials:
complete and wood
Measurements:
overall: 990 mm x 320 mm x 295 mm,
type:
mask
credit:
Glendining