id: 155862
accession number: 1991.165
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.165
updated: 2024-04-17 20:30:17.471000
Headdress (Ẹpa), c. 1925. Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè (Nigerian, c. 1885–1975). Wood and paint; overall: 134 x 57.9 x 62.5 cm (52 3/4 x 22 13/16 x 24 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price 1991.165
title: Headdress (Ẹpa)
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creation date: c. 1925
creation date earliest: 1920
creation date latest: 1930
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creditline: John L. Severance Fund and Gift of Mary Price
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culture: Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Yorùbá peoples
technique: Wood and paint
department: African Art
collection: African Art
type: Mask
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CREATORS
* Moshood Olusomo Bámigbóyè (Nigerian, c. 1885–1975) - artist
Nigerian wood-carver. He carved traditional objects (houseposts, bowls, stools) as well as innovative ones (coffee tables, bread boards) in a relatively plain style. He also carved masks, among the finest being an Epa mask (London, BM) on which two women are surrounded by smaller male figures atop the mask superstructure. This piece adheres to Yoruba conventions in that the figures are idealized, static, stoically poised, emotionless and non-narrative, though they display the fullness of life. Large in size, symmetrical and conventionally proportioned, his pieces have relatively smooth surfaces. Wall plaques with narrative scenes, stools, knives, intricate patterning and details are among his more ‘modern’ works. He taught carving in Omu.
dele jegede in Grove Art Online
https://doi.org/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T096558
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measurements: Overall: 134 x 57.9 x 62.5 cm (52 3/4 x 22 13/16 x 24 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: African Master Carvers: Known and Famous
opening date: 2017-03-26T04:00:00
African Master Carvers: Known and Famous. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 26-July 16, 2017).
title: Bámgbóyè: A Twentieth-Century Yorùbá Sculptor
opening date: 2022-09-09T04:00:00
Bámgbóyè: A Twentieth-Century Yorùbá Sculptor. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (organizer) (September 9, 2022-January 8, 2023).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Masterpieces of African Art. The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY (October 21, 1954-January 2, 1955).', 'opening_date': '1954-10-21T00:00:00'}
* {'description': '', 'opening_date': None}
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PROVENANCE
Leon Underwood (also known as George Claude Leon Underwood)
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Vincent Price
date: By at least 1958
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