Dance crest
Nigeria - Niger Delta, Isoko/Kwale Igbo
not available anymore
Provenance
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, GermanyZemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 Juni 2014, lot 163
Size
H: 50 cm
H: 19.7 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, aglets, rep.
The Isoko are an Edo-speaking, northern Niger Delta people of mixed Edo (Urhobo and Benin) and Igbo origins, living next to the Western Igbo and Urhobo. They share art institutions with both.
Most masks of this region were dedicated to “owu” or “oworu” water spirits who are known for conferring prosperity or disease, innovations or destruction.
Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 1 May 2003, MunichComparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 64 f.Publications
AHDRC: 0145264