Dance crest with three heads ·  Nigeria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex) · ID: 3048477

Description

wood, colour pigments, metal, braids and teeth worked separately, rest., base

The Ekoi (Ejagham) are credited with being the first to have made and
danced with leather-covered headdresses. From them, this custom is said
to have spread throughout the Cross River area, and thus to have been
adopted by the Boki.

The object Dance crest with three heads with the object ID 3048477 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 220.

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Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Ekoi, München 1982, p. 5 ff.

Publications

"Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve II", Brussels, 1992

AHDRC: 0090531

Exhibition

Brussels, Belgium: "Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve II", 16-19 June 1992