Janus helmet mask with skin covering · Nigeria, Cross River, Ekoi (Ejagham), Akparabong · ID: 3048542
not available anymore
Provenance
Africa Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands (Inv.nr. 1952)Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Description
wood, hide, polychrome paint residues, nails, disc-shaped decorative elements and horn-shaped appendages worked separately.
The faces are coloured red and black, possibly representing a male and a female side and thus taking up the motif of duality.
A comparable helmet mask published by Wittmer, 1978, p. 78, ill. 184.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978