Igbo
Headdress (Ekeleke)
Igbo, 1933-1966
Scroll
Igbo
Headdress (Ekeleke)
Igbo, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Wood, white and black pigments, 13 7/16 × 5 11/16 × 7 11/16 in. (34.1 × 14.5 × 19.5 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1991.352
2 faces painted white, crest on top, supported by conical base, concave underneath, with four holes at bottom
William and Robert Arnett, Atlanta, Georgia
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett." Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 28, ill. 63.
