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Dance mask (okumkpa) Late 19th – early 20th century Igbo people, Afikpo subgroup, Nigeria Wood, paint, rattan H: 54; W: 17; D: 17 cm Gift of Gaston de Havenon, New York, to American Friends of the Israel Museum Accession number: B81.0591 |
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Publications: Beauty and Sanctity: the Israel Museum at 40. A Series of Exhibitions Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2006 Exhibition: Beyond the Eye of the Beholder: Ideals of Human Beauty in Africa and the Americas, Winter-Fall 2005 Digital presentation of this object was made possible by: The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir |
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