Dance Suit
Igbo · Nigeria
Reference: VAR-37
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- Material
- Cloth, cauris, lion's hair, animal skin.
Great Dance Costume Igbo, consisting of several parts, the upper, the lower and the legs. It has cauris ornaments and a large profusion of lion's hairs…
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Full original description
Great Dance Costume Igbo, consisting of several parts, the upper, the lower and the legs. It has cauris ornaments and a large profusion of lion's hairs as well as pieces of skin from other animals. It belonged to the father of the Senegalese antiquarian Mamadou Marema Diop, of the third generation of antiquarians.
Further technical information
- Attributed period
- First third century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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