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Idoma janiform headpiece (ungulali) browse these categories for related items... All Items: Vintage Arts: Regional Art: African: Sculpture: Pre 1940: item # 971574 Please refer to our stock # I33720w when inquiring.
michael cichon tribal arts P.O. Box 5919 Bradenton, FL 34281 941.224.0440 Guest Book Price on request |
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| The expressive and dynamic wooden dance headdress showing opposing, stylized heads with long, horn-like projections (probably hair braids), linear scarification, and scoop-shaped faces. Such multi-faced or janus-faced headdresses represented the lead flute played during various celebratory and funereal masquerades. Very fine, aged patina with old losses to the very tips of the 'horns' and the base form; old stable 'check' in the wood on one side. Traces of organic (chalk-derived) white, and of raw indigo pigment. From the Idoma people, Nigeria, early 20th century. 19.50"H. Mounted on a wood base. Provenance: Peter Boyd, WA, ca. 1980's. | ||||||||||||
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