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Yorùbá

Trickster Mask (Aroni)

Yoruba, probably Oyo kingdom, 1899-1919

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Yorùbá

Trickster Mask (Aroni)

Yoruba, probably Oyo kingdom, 1899-1919

Physical Qualities Wood, encrustation, plant fiber, 11 x 6 11/16 in. (28 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky; Gift of Irene Gulck; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Meyers; Gift of Dr. Joseph H. Seipp, Jr.; and Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number 1983.83
"Meditations on African Art: Color," April 18, 2007-August 19, 2007, BMA, Karen Milbourne.

African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.145, ill.

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Yorùbá

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