Elephant headdress for "ekpe" masquerade
Nigeria, Igbo, Ohuhu-Ngwa
not available anymore
Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, BelgiumSize
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch
Description
wood, tusks separately carved, polychrome painted,
In “ekpe” dances several pairs of headdresses appear. Present mask type, the masculine elephant-spirit is paired with a maiden-spirit considered his wife.
“Ekpe” festivals are year-end harvest celebrations thanking ancestors and Earth for abundant crops and children and honoring great warriors of the past.