Kantana and Mama
Bush Cow Crest for Mangam Society
Kantana, 1900
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, camwood encrustation, 20 11/16 × 8 15/16 × 4 15/16 in. (52.5 × 22.7 × 12.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1993.219
In the form of a cap with a long snout in front and two long horns in the back curving to meet at their ends. FL value $7000 11-9-93. See Incoming notice in 1993.218.
William and Robert Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia
"Three Rivers of Nigeria," High Museum, Atlanta, 1978
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger," Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett. Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 93, ill. 218.
McNaughton, Patrick R., "Is There History in Horizontal Masks? A Preliminary Response to the Dilemma of Form," African Arts 24, no.2 (1991): 45.
