Janiform dance crest · Nigeria, Ejagham · ID: 3050293
sold
EUR 300
Size
H: 46 cm
H: 18.1 inch
Description
wood, leather,
Probably deriving from the Akparapong. The Akparabong are an Ejagham clan living along the Aweyong, an upper Cross River tributary.
They produce for their “ekpe” society refined skin-covered dance crests and helmet masks of a distinctive style often incorrectly thought of as classic Ekoi.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 78