Female Head Mask
Ekoi-Ejagan · Nigeria
Reference: MSOAL-5
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- Height
- 59 cm
- Material
- Wood, pigments, cauris and horns
Voluminous, heavy and strange Ekoi head, in the form of a scimer but whose weight prevents it from being covered, so it is totally probable that…
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Full original description
Voluminous, heavy and strange Ekoi head, in the form of a scimer but whose weight prevents it from being covered, so it is totally probable that it is an altar mask, intended to be used at the end of the initiation rites. His particular hairstyle responds to the way some women from the Cross River comb.
Further technical information
- Width
- 32 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
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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