Zemanek-Münster

Janiform dance crest

Nigeria, Ejagham
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

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