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.
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Igbo, Milan 2013, p. 174 ff.