Egúngún masquerade costume
Egúngún masquerade costume
Egúngún masquerade costume
Egúngún masquerade costume

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Egúngún masquerade costume,

probably 20th century

Yorùbá artist
2017-306
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Lecture | Clothing for the Ancestors: Global Textiles in Nigerian Egúngún Masquerade Costumes

Information

Title
Egúngún masquerade costume
Dates

probably 20th century

Maker
Yorùbá artist
Medium
Cotton, velvet, and coin
Dimensions
118.1 × 82.5 × 7.6 cm (46 1/2 × 32 1/2 × 3 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Sherry and Arthur Stein
Object Number
2017-306
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Culture
African, Yoruba
Type
costumes
Materials
velvet, cotton (textile), cotton (fiber), coins
Techniques
sewing
Subject
masquerades, ancestors

Bully Nimaga, Los Angeles, CA; Jeffrey Hammer and Deborah Stokes, Chicago (?), until 1995; Sherry and Arthur Stein by purchase, 1995; Princeton University Art Museum by gift, 2017

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