Yorùbá
Trickster Mask (Aroni)
Yoruba, probably Oyo kingdom, 1899-1919
Scroll
Yorùbá
Trickster Mask (Aroni)
Yoruba, probably Oyo kingdom, 1899-1919
Physical Qualities
Wood, encrustation, plant fiber, 11 x 6 11/16 in. (28 x 17 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gerofsky; Gift of Irene Gulck; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Meyers; Gift of Dr. Joseph H. Seipp, Jr.; and Gift of Alan Wurtzburger
Object Number
1983.83
Meditations on African Art: Color
African Reinstallation
African Gallery Rotations 2021
African Gallery Rotations 2022
African Gallery Rotations 2023
African Wing Rotations 2024
African Wing Rotations 2025
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.145, ill.
Thompson, Robert F., "Black gods and kings: Yoruba art at UCLA," Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1976, c1971, ch. 3.
