Egúngún Masquerade Dance Costume (paka egúngún)

Artist:Yorùbá

Medium: Cotton, wool, wood, silk, synthetic textiles (including viscose rayon and acetate), indigo, and aluminum

Geograhical Locations:

• Lekewọgbẹ compound, Ògbómọ̀ṣọ́, Ọ̀yọ́ State, Nigeria

Dates:ca. 1920-1948

Dimensions: est.: 55 x 6 x 63 in. (139.7 x 15.2 x 160 cm)

Collections:

• Arts of Africa

Exhibitions:

• Diverse Works: Director's Choice, 1997-2015
• Disguise: Masks and Global African Art
• One: Egúngún
• Passages: Photographs in Africa by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

Accession Number: 1998.125

Image: 1998.125_front_PS11.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Dance costume composed of a wooden beam, which rests on top of the head, draped in several layers of varied cotton and wool textile panels. Comparatively newer, resist-dyed and factory made cloths are on the outer layer of textile panels, while indigo-dyed panels are underneath. Textile panels are decorated with embossed and perforated aluminum geometric objects, sewed onto the surface. Condition : good. Conservation backing has been sewn onto the back of the innermost layer of panels. Two longer panels are separate from the main assemblage.

Brooklyn Museum