Anthropomorphic headdress
Nigeria, Idoma
not available anymore
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.
Publications
AHDRC: 0171899