Cimier d'un esprit d'éléphant pour les danses de masques "ekpe"
Nigéria, Igbo, Ohuhu-Ngwa
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Provenance
Pierre Loos, Brussels, BelgiumTaille
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch
Description
wood, tusks separately carved, polychrome painted,
In “ekpe” dances several pairs of headdresses appear. Present mask type, the masculine elephant-spirit is paired with a maiden-spirit considered his wife.
“Ekpe” festivals are year-end harvest celebrations thanking ancestors and Earth for abundant crops and children and honoring great warriors of the past.