Dance crest "ajika" · Nigéria, Afo · ID: 3038559
Vendu
1 200 €
Provenance
Private Collection AustriaDescription
wood, encrusted dark brown patina, leather band, metal, calotte with horns, crowned by a stylized cocks crown, dam., missing parts, traces of insect caused damage;
a work of the artist “Oketi of Ojekpama”.
Used at the fourth or fifth day of funerary rites for the “ekpeshi” dance. According to Leuzinger it was worn by companions of the chief when he visited a neighbouring village.
Littérature comparée
Roberts, Allen F., Animals in African Art, New York 1995, p. 157, ill. 101