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Mask

Jagun-Jagun

Object Number:AF2002
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Yoruba
Epa Society
Provenience: Nigeria
Section:African
Materials:Wood
Iconography:Janus Head
Man
Horse
Attendant
Equestrian
Height: 120 cm
Width: 60 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from W. O. Oldman, 1912
Other Number:25964 - Dealer's Number

Description

Wooden mask: man on horseback with attendants.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

African Negro Sculpture (1957 - 1957) View Objects in Exhibition
African Sculpture from the University Museum (22 Nov 1986 - 08 Feb 1987) View Objects in Exhibition
Evocative Images: African Sculpture from the University Museum (Traveling version of "African Sculpture from the University Museum") ( Sep 1988 - Apr 1990) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Wardwell, Allen. 1986. African Sculpture from the University Museum, University of Pennsylvania.. Philadelphia Museum of Art. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pp. 60-61, fig. 15View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Ben-Amos, Paula G., and Barnes, Sandra T. 1983. "Benin, Oyo, and Dahomey: Warfare, State Building, and the Sacralization of Iron in West African History". Expedition: The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 25. no. 2. pg. 5-14 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 9, fig. 5View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Plass, Margaret B. Dec 1957. "African Negro Sculpture: A Walk Through the Gallery". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 21. no. 4. pg. 5-76 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 8View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue] Plass, Margaret B. 1956. African Tribal Sculpture.. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 29View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Wingert, Paul S. 1948. African Negro Sculpture.. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M.H. De Young Memorial Museum. Actual CitationView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Wieschhoff, H. A. 1945. "The African Collections of The University Museum: Introduction". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 1-2. pg. 7-8 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 53, fig. 18View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1932. "The African Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 3. no. 6. pg. 145-171 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 168-169, pl. XIView Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1920. "Fetish Figures of Equatorial Africa". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 11. no. 1. pg. 27-55 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 49, fig. 30View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Hall, Henry U. 1917. "Some Gods of the Yoruba". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 8. no. 1. pg. 53-59 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 52, fig. 18View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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