Head-dress

Description

Head-dress, carved wooden head covered with animal skin and painted, and with two detachable wooden horms, worn on top of the head with long costume during ceremonies in honour of the ancestors: West Africa, Nigeria, Cross River State, Ekoi people, late 19th to early 20th century

Museum reference

A.1933.551

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Head-dress

Production information

Cross River State, Nigeria, Western Africa

Date

Late 19th - early 20th century

Style / Culture

Ekoi

Materials

Wood, Animal skin

Physical description

Wood covered with animal skin and painted

Associations

A. 1933.551 - A. 1933.551 B