ID: 700008552 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008552	Record Type: Movable Work

Masquerade headdress and costume (odogu) (headdress; Ajanaku, Lawrence (Nigerian costume maker, born ca. 1933); 2003; National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United State...; 2004-6-1)

Titles:

Masquerade headdress and costume (odogu) (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

headdress [300046023] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), costume accessories, worn costume accessories, <accessories by location on the head>, headgear)

Classifications:

costume / clothing (preferred)

African art

Creation Date: 2003

Creator Display:

Ajanaku, Lawrence (Nigerian costume maker, born ca. 1933) [preferred,VP]

artist Ajanaku, Lawrence (Nigerian costume maker, born ca. 1933) [500356947]

Locations:

Creation: Nigeria [1000182] (Geographic)

Current: National Museum of African Art (Washington, DC, United States) [500311458] Smithsonian Institution, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2004-6-1

Credit Line: Museum purchase

Display Materials: Cotton, velvet, felt, yarn, plant fiber

	cotton (textile) [300014067]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

	velvet (fabric weave) [300133711]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>, <textile materials by weaving technique>, pile weave (textile), warp pile weave)

	felt (textile) [300014107]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	yarn [300014252]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by form>)

	plant fiber [300014031]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, fiber, natural fiber)

Dimensions: 95 x 48.4 x 48.4 cm (37 3/8 x 19 1/16 x 19 1/16 in.)

Cultures:

Nigerian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Okpella [300137451] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, African (general| continental cultures), <African by cultural or regional designation>, West African (general), Southern Nigerian styles, Edo-speaking cultures, Etsako)

General Subject:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	mask (costume) [300138758]
	.....(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Costume (hierarchy name), costume (mode of fashion), <costume by function>) (AAT)

	masquerade [300254016]
	.....(Activities Facet, Events (hierarchy name), events (activities), cultural events) (AAT)

	spirit (being) [300379007]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

	woman (female human) [300025943]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by gender or sex>) (AAT)

Provenance: Commissioned by art historian Jean M. Borgatti from the artist Lawrence Ajanaku, 2002

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Masquerade headdress and costume (odogu)	........ [VP]
	........ National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 14 May 2015

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... National Museum of African Art [online] (1999-) accessed 14 May 2015