Carved wooden head mask; Olágá; dog-face with curved ram horns; chicken effigy on top; red, white, and black; 12 3/2 inches x 8¼ inches.
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Akwa; Ibo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1970-1971 #14: Department of Art (UC Santa Barbara) (November 12, 1970–January 20, 1971), S1975-1976 #7: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (August 21, 1975–November 20, 1975), and S1983-1984 #59: University of California, Los Angeles (September 1984–June 26, 1986)