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This colorful headdress appears to be an imaginary creature that combines the bulbous head of a hippopotamus and the prominent teeth of a shark or crocodile with fanciful additions of fins, horns, and extra tusks. Other marine animals can also be identified. Unlike most African sculpture, this headdress was not carved from a single piece of wood. The horns and eyes, for example, were carved separately and attached to the headdress.
The Egbukele masquerade was performed in public as entertainment as well as for renewal in every aspect of one’s life.
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Roslyn A. Walker, African Masks: The Art of Disguise, Label text, 2010.
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Exhibition - African masks the art of disguise
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n.d.: Albert Loeb, Paris, France
n.d.: Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan and New York
1997: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from above
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated September 18, 1997, in the Collections Records object file (1997.87).
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General Description
This colorful headdress appears to be an imaginary creature that combines the bulbous head of a hippopotamus and the prominent teeth of a shark or crocodile with fanciful additions of fins, horns, and extra tusks. Other marine animals can also be identified. Unlike most African sculpture, this headdress was not carved from a single piece of wood. The horns and eyes, for example, were carved separately and attached to the headdress.
The Egbukele masquerade was performed in public as entertainment as well as for renewal in every aspect of one’s life.
Excerpt from
Roslyn A. Walker, African Masks: The Art of Disguise, Label text, 2010.
Fun Facts
Archival Resources
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Notes
Exhibition - African masks the art of disguise
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
n.d.: Albert Loeb, Paris, France
n.d.: Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Birmingham, Michigan and New York
1997: Dallas Museum of Art, purchased from above
The main source for this provenance is the copy of the invoice dated September 18, 1997, in the Collections Records object file (1997.87).
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