Headdress with large female figure

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Description

light wood, polychrome painting, rest. in several places

A comparable headdress published by Cole on a field photo from the 1940s. The photo shows that the disproportionately large hands once held ritual staffs. Concerning the use of the headdresses, Cole suspects a connection with the “owu” cult of water spirits. Stylistically, the headdress shows echoes of works by the Ogoni and Ibibio.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 214, ill. 329

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