Mask (oloju-foforo--"Owner of the Deep-set Eyes")
Artist: attributed to Bamgboshe of Osi-Ilorin (died c. 1920)
Yoruba peoples, Northern Ekiti region, Nigeria
Wood, pigment
97 cm (38 in)
94-12-1, museum purchase



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