Dance crest with three heads

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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.

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Comparing literature

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

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Publications

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

AHDRC: 0090531

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Exhibition

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

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