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Headdress

20th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueWood, leather, and raffia
Dimensions48.3 x 14 x 15.9 cm (19 x 5 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel
Accession number2014.104
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMasks
ProvenanceNovember 7, 1970, anonymous (“property of various owners”) sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 25, to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequest of William Teel to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 26, 2014)
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