Omabe Masquerade Ensemble with Face Mask and Fan
Artist
Igbo artist
Date1950s–1970s
Associated withAfrica
MediumFabric: burlap, wood, and paint
DimensionsPants: 47 1/2 × 56 in. (120.7 × 142.2 cm)
Tunic and mask: 54 3/4 × 89 × 9 3/4 in. (139.1 × 226.1 × 24.8 cm)
Fan: 15 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 7/8 in. (39.4 × 22.5 × 2.2 cm)
Tunic and mask: 54 3/4 × 89 × 9 3/4 in. (139.1 × 226.1 × 24.8 cm)
Fan: 15 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 7/8 in. (39.4 × 22.5 × 2.2 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LinePartial gift of Curtis L. Scribner, MD, and partial purchase with funds from the Art Trust Fund Endowment
Object number2019.9/a-c
On View
Not on viewProvenanceField collected in Nigeria by Garaba Konte; to Jeremiah Cole, Los Angeles, CA; given/sold to NCMA, 2019.
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