Abuan dance mask / Eliot Elisofon

The Smithsonian catalogs Abuan dance mask / Eliot Elisofon as articles in its Masks, Abuan records.

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Illustration of an Egbuleke society mask, similar to the Kalabari Sekiapu masks.

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Masks, Abuan and dates it 1958.

Illustration of an Egbuleke society mask, similar to the Kalabari Sekiapu masks.

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