Abang dance ensemble
Eme Ballyntine Henshaw
(Nigerian)
2018
Medium/TechniqueSynthetic fabric: velvet, damask, and yarn
DimensionsContainer: 61 × 91.4 × 30.5 cm (24 × 36 × 12 in.)
Credit LineGift of the Nka Ikem Esit Charitable Organization, Inc.
Accession number2019.1807
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2018, commissioned from the artist by Dr. Felicia Bassey-Akamune; 2018, gift of Dr. Felicia Bassey-Akamune to the Nka Ikem Esit Charitable Organization Inc., Washington, DC; 2019, gift of the Nka Ikem Esit Charitable Organization to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 25, 2019)
19th–early 20th century
Artist Unidentified
20th century
about 1960
