New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Gelede (Mask)

Artist Edo peoples (Nigerian)

CultureAfrican | Bini

DateEarly- to mid-20th century

MediumWood and pigment

DimensionsOverall: 16 in. (40.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2395

Collections

African Art

Not on view

DescriptionMask made of wood and pigment. Made by the Bini Tribe of Nigeria.

Published ReferencesDon Harrison, "Art Unveiled," _Coastal Virginia Magazine,_ April 2014, 52.

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