Object Details
- Exhibition History
- Masterpieces of African Art: Tishman Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Spring-Summer 1967
- Arts Meconnus de l'Afrique Noire: Collection de Paul Tishman, Musee de l'Homme, Paris, 1966
- Published References
- Arts connus et arts méconnus de l'Afrique noire, Collection Paul Tishman. 1966. Paris: Musee de l'Homme, no. 66.
- Muze'on Yisra'el. 1967. Masterpieces of African Art: Tishman Collection. Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, no. 132.
- Owczarek, Nina. 2014. "Skin-Covered Masks from the Cross River Region of Nigeria and Cameroon at the National Museum of African Art: A Technical Study." Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 53 (3), pp. 185, 193-194, nos. 16, 20.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- Ejagham artist
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walt Disney World Co., a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
- Medium
- Wood, animal skin, teeth
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 21.6 x 15.9 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Mask
