Cimier figuratif ·  Nigéria, Ibibio / Ogoni · ID: 3049409

Description

wood, kaolin, rest., base

A comparable figural headdress is associated by Fagg with “ka elu” mask performances by the Ogoni (AHDRC 0097095).

Kpone-Tonwe and Salmons report a “ka-elu” performance in July 1992 in Eeke, where more than twenty mask dancers were observed, each representing one particular family of the city. They moved from one family compound to the next t in order to bring blessings from the ancestors and dispel evil spirits.

According to Fagg, the “ka-elu” masque should have died out already before 1939.

L’objet Cimier figuratif avec l’ID d’objet 3049409 a fait partie de l’enchère 99e vente aux enchères en 12 novembre 2022 pour la dernière fois le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes et avait le numéro de lot 262.

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Littérature comparée

Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Los Angeles 2002, p. 283 f.