Head of an Oba

19th century

Object PlaceNigeria

Medium/TechniqueTerracotta

Dimensions34.6 x 24.1 x 27.3 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.)

Credit LineBequest of William E. Teel to the MFA for transfer to the Federal Republic of Nigeria

Accession numberAPP.2014.223

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsReligious and cult objects

Collections

Africa and Oceania

ProvenanceFebruary, 1993, said to have been collected in Nigeria and acquired by Davis Gallery, New Orleans; April, 1994, sold by Davis Gallery to William and Bertha Teel, Marblehead, MA; 2014, bequeathed by William Teel to the MFA and transferred to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.