Anthropomorphic headdress · Nigeria, Idoma / Boki · ID: 3046641
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Provenance
Alex Arthur, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, mass, human hair, insect caused damage, cracks, base
For a dance headdress by the same artist see AHDRC 0092689.
This headdresses were made for the “oglinye” performance genre tied to male initiation and danced also at second burial ceremonies of deceased society members.
These heads are reinventions, in wood, of actual trophy heads, taken in battle from enemies, which were danced earlier in precolonial “oglinye” rites.
The object Anthropomorphic headdress with the object ID 3046641 was last part of the auction 94th Tribal Art Auction at March 7, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 259.
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