Boki and Igbo
Elephant Headdress
Boki/Igbo (Ndokki/Ngura/Ohuhu subgroup), 1900
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Physical Qualities
Wood, metal, kaolin, paint, leather/hide, 12 1/2 × 10 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (31.8 × 27.5 × 21 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1988.1416
William and Robert Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia
African Reinstallation, "Public Art," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
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. 81, ill. 191.
