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Horned Animal Mask (Ula Onu)

Igbo, 1933-1966

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Igbo

Horned Animal Mask (Ula Onu)

Igbo, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, polychrome, 11 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 4 3/8 in. (29.2 × 14.9 × 11.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number 1988.1419
REPRESENTING A HORNED ANIMAL (ULA ONU)
William and Robert Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia
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. 24, ill. 49.

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