Duga of Mẹkọ. Pair of Masks, c. 1945–50. Wood and paint, Part 1: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.); Part 2: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.). Gift of Katherine C. White, 1975.168. Copyrighted.

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Pair of Masks

c. 1945–50

Duga of Mẹkọ

Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960)

African Art

Pair of Masks, c. 1945–50. Duga of Mẹkọ (Nigerian, Yorùbá peoples, 1880–1960). Wood and paint; part 1: 77.7 cm (30 9/16 in.); part 2: 86 cm (33 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White 1975.168 Duga received a kind of "scholarship" for his apprenticeship with a master carver in Ketu. The Gẹ̀lẹ̀dé society paid for his training in exchange for masks he later carved for them.

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