Yoruba Artist

Monumental Mask, oloji foforo

Northern Ekiti, Nigeria

Late 19th/early 20th century

Wood, pigments

Height 57in (244cm)

Provenance

Harry A. Franklin Gallery (1904-1983), Beverly Hills

Sotheby’s, New York, The Harry A. Franklin Collection of African Art, 

21 April 1990, Lot 355

Frederick M. Nicholas Collection, Beverly Hills, acquired at the above sale