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Headdress (Ekeleke)

Igbo, 1933-1966

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Igbo

Headdress (Ekeleke)

Igbo, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Wood, polychrome, mirrors, 15 3/16 × 4 3/4 × 5 1/2 in. (38.5 × 12 × 14 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Gilbert and Jean Jackson, Potomac, Maryland
Object Number 1995.103
two faces separated by three vertical scallops resting on conical base, surmounted by four perpendicular arcs

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Igbo

2000–2000

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