Cimier de danse anthropomorphe "okooro" · Nigéria, Yoruba du Sud, Ijebu · ID: 3049754
Description
wood, pigment residues, rest.
“Okooro” masked figures appear at the beginning of the annual “agbo” or “ekine” festival, which is held in honour of the water spirits and “olokun”, the goddess of the sea.
The headdresses show elegant women with particularly beautiful horn-like towering hairstyles and are complemented by a costume of finely woven reed mats.
The “okooro” parade through the streets greeting important members of the community and making offerings at shrines, accompanied by songs and rhythms beaten on a hollow tortoiseshell, before they arrive at the water’s edge to call the water spirits for the “ekine” festival.
L’objet Cimier de danse anthropomorphe “okooro” avec l’ID d’objet 3049754 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente 100 dans 15 avril 2023 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 56 a atteint un prix de vente de 1 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Drewal, Henry John & John Pemberton, Yoruba, New York 1989, p. 66, ill. 79