Ejagham and Ukelle
Janus Helmet Mask
Ejagham/Ukelle/Igbo, 1933
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Wood, paint, pigment, iron, 27 9/16 × 12 13/16 × 13 1/16 in. (70 × 32.5 × 33.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1990.161
4 figures, all with articulated arms, form the superstructure. Colonial male figures face front and back with open rectangles on either side. Male and female figures on either side. Red face has 3 rectangles on either side of eyes and 3 discs on either side of mouth. Black face has 3 rectangles on either side of eyes and ridged line down forehead to bridge of nose. Both have front teeth carved to form a triangle in central incisors.
"Two, Three, Four Multiples in African Art", 1987, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, #10.
African Reinstallation, "Colonialism & Independence," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
African Reinstallation, "Colonialism & Independence," April 2015, Wurtzburger Galleries, BMA, Kathryn Gunsch.
