Water Spirit Headdress

Artist Kalabari Ijo artist

Dateearly 20th century

MediumWood and pigment

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 15 1/2 × 4 × 5 in. (39.4 × 10.2 × 12.7 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, PhD

Object number2024.22.29

On View

On view

ProvenanceCreated in Nigeria, early 20th century. Charles Davis, Louisiana, Lew Deadmore, Georgia, [Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC], Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Morrisville, NC; given to NCMA, 2024.Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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