ChaYORUBA HELMET

Janus Helmet Maternity Mask, epa

Yoruba Artist, probably by the master

carver Moshood Olúṣọmọ Bámigbóyè

(ca. 1885–1975)

Nigeria

Late 19th to early 20th century

Wood, pigments

Height: 115,5 cm

Provenance:

Probably Harry A. Franklin Gallery

(1904-1983), Beverly Hills

Frederick M. Nicholas , Beverly Hills

References:

Cf. James Green et al., Bámigbóyè: A Master Sculptor of the Yorùbá Tradition, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2022), 125–29, 163–64, 192, 197n93, 204, 206–7, 209, fig. 81, 104, 125

Cf. Yale University Art Gallery from the Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, collection (accession no. 2006.51.86)

Object Presented by:
Fredric Backlar Fine Tribal Art
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