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Headdress (Ẹpa)
c. 1925
Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè
Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè (Nigerian, c. 1885–1975)
African Art
Headdress (Ẹpa), c. 1925. Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè (Nigerian, c. 1885–1975). Wood and paint; overall: 137.2 cm (54 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price 1991.165 Performing this Ẹpa mask was an impressive feat of strength; it weighs nearly 45 pounds!
- Maker/Artist
- Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè
- Classification
- Mask
- Formatted Medium
- Wood and paint
- Dimensions
- Overall: 137.2 cm (54 in.)
- Departments
- African Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.165
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price
- Exhibitions
- African Master Carvers: Known and Famous, Bámgbóyè: A Twentieth-Century Yorùbá Sculptor, <em>Masterpieces of African Art. </em>The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (<em>October 21, 1954-January 2, 1955)., </em>
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted
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