Idoma

The Idoma share with their neighbors the Igbo some artistic characteristics such as the white color of the faces of their statues. The angenu statues of fertility of the Idoma, small female figures with vertical scarifications in the temples and open mouths that show the teeth. They are venerated in the little altars that are consecrated to them. ESTUSAS EKWOTAME They are sitting female statues, in which sometimes dominates the black pigmentation. They represent the ancestors and are used in funerals, placing them next to the body of the deceased. MASCARES OF SECRET SOCIETY OGLINYE This Society, of warrior origin, has helmet masks and scimers, sometimes janiform, currently used in funeral and festive ceremonies.