Cimier de danse anthropomorphe de la société "oglinye" ·  Nigéria, Idoma / Boki · ID: 3046271

Description

wood, colour pigments, metal, basketry, crack (neck), hair lugs partly separately carved and fastened, originally covered with hide, base

These crests depict ancestral female spirits who performed in war dances, as a counterpart to male masks that were originally supposed to be made of real human skulls.

The crest shows the typical hairstyle that was achieved with the help of a special paste and is reminiscent of a type of seated female figures, as used by the Idoma in fertility rites for the water spirit “Anjenu”.

L’objet Cimier de danse anthropomorphe de la société “oglinye” avec l’ID d’objet 3046271 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 93e vente aux enchères Tribal Art dans 16 novembre 2019 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 188 a atteint un prix de vente de 3 000 €.

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Littérature comparée

Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 130