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Headdress, early 1900s (wood, antelope skin, bone, basketry, cane, metal)

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CVL500131
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Headdress, early 1900s (wood, antelope skin, bone, basketry, cane, metal)
Artist
Nigerian School (20th century) / Nigerian
Location
Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA
Medium
wood, antelope skin, bone, basketry, cane, metal
Dimensions
67.3x43.2x43.2 cms
Image description

Headdresses or crest masks made of antelope skin stretched over a carved head are a distinctive art form of the Cross River region in southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. This female evocation of ideal feminine beauty was most probably worn by an Ejagham woman in the context of a female society called Ekpa, which was responsible for the education of girls in preparation for marriage.

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Photo © Cleveland Museum of Art / Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund / Bridgeman Images
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20th century / wood (material) / material / mask / guinea coast / face / african / sculpture / head / woodcarving / tribal / horns / headdress / nigerian / ejagham / nigeria
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Medium 725 × 1024 px 61 × 87 mm 667 KB

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