Anthropomorphic headdress "ekeleke" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3037164

Name: Anthropomorphic headdress "ekeleke"
SKU: 3037164
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Size

H: 45 cm

H: 17.7 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, kaolin (darkened), red paint, inserted wooden teeth, tripartite bud-like hairdo, raised round scarifiction marks, slightly dam. (tip of the coiffure), minor missing parts (backside), abrasion of paint, plate;
“ekeleke” is a festival honoring the water spirits “owu”. It is a finely choreographed performance by several men wearing similar headdresses, imported lace-like cloth head coverings and skirts or wrappers of Indian madras cloth. Virtuosic individual dances alternate with sets danced in unison, activated by a small gong and a drum orchestra playing on the sidelines.

The object Anthropomorphic headdress “ekeleke” with the object ID 3037164 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 300.

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