About the Artwork
Headdress
between 1850 and 1900
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African
Igbo
Wood
Overall: 27 × 5 3/8 × 4 5/8 inches (68.6 × 13.7 × 11.7 cm) Including base: 27 7/8 × 6 11/16 × 6 11/16 inches (70.8 × 17 × 17 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art
79.164
Public Domain
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Provenance
Mrs. DeGroef.ca. 1950, collected by Mr. Polfiev in (Nigeria).
Marc Leo Felix (Brussels, Belgium);
1979-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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African Masterworks In The Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington and London: The Detroit Institute of Arts and Smithsonian Institution Press, 1995, cat. no. 37.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Igbo, African, Headdress, between 1850 and 1900, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Eleanor Clay Ford Fund for African Art, 79.164.
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