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ID number: BIRRC-D0177 Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Artist / Maker: Unknown Title / Object name: Miniture carving of Janus-form mask (egungun) Object type: Mask
Place made: Ijebu Ode, nr Lagos, W. Nigeria Culture: Yoruba Materials: Wood Measurements: 13 cm
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Wood stained reddish-brown, with facial marks, hair and eyes highlighted in black and white. Purchased in Lagos from the carver Thomas Ona of Ijebu Ode in the late 1930s.
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