Headdress with large female figure ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3048862

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.

The object Headdress with large female figure with the object ID 3048862 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 208 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.

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Comparing literature

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