Egungun Masquerade Costume
Artist
Yorùbá artists
Date20th century
MediumCloth, wood, beads, coins, cowrie shells, and sequins
DimensionsH. approx. 60 in. (152.4 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LinePurchased with funds provided through a bequest from Lucile E. Moorman
Object number97.5.1
On View
On viewElaine Neil Orr, "Red Flower" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 188, 191 (detail).Exhibition HistoryMt. Kisco, NY, Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, "Traditional African Art and Art from the Diaspora," April 5-April 20, 1997.
New York, NY, Museum for African Art, "Faces of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas," 1994 (did not travel to other venues of exhibition.)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Art for the People: Recent Museum Acquisitions," September 14, 1997-January 4, 1998. (Closing date extended to January 25, 1998)
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Objects of Desire: The Museum Collects, 1994-2004," July 18, 2004-February 27, 2005.
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection Reimagined," December 2, 2024-present. Object Rights Statement
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