Anthropomorphic headdress · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3046815
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Provenance
Sid & Gae Berman, New York City, USA (before 1974)Amyas Naegele, New York, USA (2020)
Size
H: 33 cm
H: 13.0 inch
Description
wood, pigment, base
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 3046815 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 167.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0171899