Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè. Headdress (Ẹpa), c. 1925. Wood and paint, Overall: 137.2 cm (54 in.). John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price, 1991.165. Copyrighted.

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!

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè
Classification: Mask
Formatted Medium: Wood and paint
Medium: wood, 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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