Ejagham
Emblem of the Leopard Spirit Society (Nkpa)
Ejagham, 1966
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Ejagham
Emblem of the Leopard Spirit Society (Nkpa)
Ejagham, 1966
Physical Qualities
Reed, animal skulls (bovine, baboon, crocodile, deer, antelope, and others), grasses, leaf midrib brooms, wood, sheep and goat horns, gourd, twine and encrustation, 128 x 112 x 28 cm. (50 3/8 x 44 1/8 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Mary Cumming, Baltimore
Object Number
2002.609
Woven reed mat with borders of reed containing an assemblage of multiple animal skulls (some placed to form an 'x' shape from the four corners of the mat), with a broom at each side facing downward, a wooden drum barrel at the center, and multiple objects placed throughout.
"Crosscurrents of Culture: Arts of Africa and the Americas in Alabama Collections," Birmingham Museum of Art, May 18-August 31, 1997
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
"Subverting Beauty: African Anti-Aesthetics", Jul 15, 2018 - Nov 17, 2019, BMA, Kevin Tervala.
Manuel Jordan and Mary Villadsen, "Crosscurrents of Culture: Arts of Africa and the Americas in Alabama," Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Museum of Art, 1997: Page 22
