Skip to main content  Back to The Newark Museum of Art
Advanced Search
Epa/Elefon headdress with warrior (Òràngún)
Epa/Elefon headdress with warrior (Òràngún)

Epa/Elefon headdress with warrior (Òràngún)

Artist (Nigerian, ca. 1885 - 1975)
Dateca. 1920s
CultureYoruba
Geographic OriginEkiti region, Nigeria
MediumPossibly erinmodo (African oil nut tree) and pigment
DimensionsOverall: H 55 x W 24 1/4 x D 22 3/4 in. (H 139.7 x W 61.6 x D 57.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 1985 The Members' Fund
Object number85.49
Copyright@ the artist's estate
On View
On view
Object NameHelmet mask | Headdress
Title Details
Published Title Epa/Elefon headdress with warrior (Òràngún)
ProvenanceWilliam Wright Gallery, by at least 1985; Newark Museum, purchase, 1985Exhibition History"Bámgbóyè: A Twentieth-Century Yoruba Master Sculptor", Yale University Art Gallery, 9/9/2022-1/8/2023
"Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art: Featuring the Bernard and Patricia Wagner Collection," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia (December 22, 2007 - April 20, 2008); Newark Museum (June 4 - Aug. 24, 2008); Anderson Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (January 16 - March 10, 2009).

Our online collection is a work in progress. It reflects only a portion of the entire collection and the ongoing work conducted over the course of our 115-year history. The objects presented may contain offensive racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery, and their records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas and analyses. We are actively working to address these issues, and we welcome your feedback as we strive to improve our data and our practices. Please email us at registrar@newarkmuseumart.org if you have comments or information to share.

Learn how to request object images here.