Face Mask (Okoroshi Omo)

Provenance

Christian Rub (d. 1956), Santa Barbara, CA, 1930s [this and the following according to correspondence between Amyas Naegele and Kevin E. Lyle and shared with Costa Petridis on Feb. 7, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his estate, 1956; private collection, Hawai’i; sold to Amyas Naegele Fine Art Bases, New York, c. 2008; sold to Kevin E. Lyle, Chicago, Mar. 2, 2011; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.

Face Mask (Okoroshi Omo)

Igbo

20th century

Accession Number

274014

Medium

Wood

Dimensions

H.: 45.8 cm (18 in.); 29.3 × 13.4 × 10.2 cm (11 1/2 × 5 1/4 × 4 in.)

Classification

masks

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Kevin E. Lyle