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Yorùbá

Ogboni-style Maskette

Yoruba, 1899-1998

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Yorùbá

Ogboni-style Maskette

Yoruba, 1899-1998

Physical Qualities Copper alloy, gold, 15.4 H x 7.1 W x 3 D cm.
Credit Line Gift of Bernice Barth, Los Angeles
Object Number 2001.418
In long oval form with large almond shaped eyes, broad, flaring nostrils, protruding burst lips, with lower lip striated, eyebrows indicated with a denticulate line, three horizontal denticulate lines across the forehead; a hole in proper left side and in proper right side of nose.

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2000–2000

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