Cimier de danse à trois têtes

Nigéria, Cross River, Boki (Ekoi complex)

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium Marc Gallery	H: 30,5 cm	Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, colour pigments, metal, braids and teeth worked separately, rest., base

The Ekoi (Ejagham) are credited with being the first to have made and
danced with leather-covered headdresses. From them, this custom is said
to have spread throughout the Cross River area, and thus to have been
adopted by the Boki.

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Ekoi, München 1982, p. 5 ff.

"Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve II", Brussels, 1992

Exposé

Brussels, Belgium: "Arts-Kunst: Primitifs, Primitive, Primitieve II", 16-19 June 1992