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
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.
