GothamGallery Fine African Art - Nigeria Cross River Ekoi Tribal Headdress

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GothamGallery Fine African Art - Nigeria Cross River Ekoi Tribal Headdress:
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Daunting African Nigeria Ekoi Ejagham Headdress

Measurement: Height: 16.5 Inches
Measurement: Height: 42 Centimeters
Measurement Mask Only
Material: Wood, Animal Skin, Vegetal Material
Estimated Age: Early – Mid 20th Century
Condition: Good
Remarks: Stylized work striking features imposing presence covered with animal skin aged surface
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CONDITION
Damage to animal skin wrapping, surface deterioration, worn areas, age cracks, scrapes and chips, overall condition good. Thank you and please view my other items.

BACKGROUND
In the Cross River region in southeast Nigeria, and over into Cameroon, several ethnicities are found and among them the Ekoi. The cult of the leopard had a unifying effect on the scattered communities of the Cross River. Commercial, ritual, and social exchanges took place because of it. The Ekoi-speaking peoples (Anyang, Boki, Ejagham, Keaka, and Yako) are best known for their skin-covered face- and crest masks, which are unique in Africa. Earlier skins of slaves, later skins of antelopes, were used. When the mask is made fresh animal skin is stretched and tacked over the soft wood from which it is carved. After the skin dried, it was stained with pigments made from leaves and bark. Masks appear in performances by accomplished dancers at funerals, initiations of new members, agricultural and other events. Crest masks are attached to the basketry cap, which is held on the wearer’s head.
Painter Fred Uhlman words - Most of the artists I admired, Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle - pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fetish moved me as deeply as the bobbin by its silent tragic dignity and its air of profound meditation.

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