Headress "ogbom" · Nigeria, Eket / Igbo · ID: 3046299
sold
EUR 7,000
Provenance
Eric Robertson, New York, USASize
H: 111 cm
H: 43.7 inch
Description
wood, encrusted black patina, basketry, base
“Ogbom” displays honored “ala” (earth mother) and called attention to her role in human and agricultural fertility and increase. In some areas it was a harvest celebration.
Most of the known “ogbom” carvings are young females seated on stools. Depictions of males are rare.
The object Headress “ogbom” with the object ID 3046299 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 184 achieved a sales price of EUR 7,000.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Igbo, Milan 2013, p. 174 ff.