Ogoni
Mask (Elu)
Ogoni, Mid-20th century
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Ogoni
Mask (Elu)
Ogoni, Mid-20th century
Physical Qualities
Wood, paint, kaolin, plant fibers, 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. (20.9 x 13 x 9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Emily Miller Rody, Baltimore
Object Number
1975.7
Wurtzburger permanent gallery label:
"The small, human-form, "beautiful," Elu masks performed with 'anti-social' masks in dramatic representations of the duality of life at festivals and funerals of secret society members. A conical cap of raffia covered the dancer's head, and the mask was worn in front of the face. The dancer manipulated the hinged lower jaw with his lip although this mechanism was kept secret from the uninitiated."
-entered by L. Simmons 01.14.13
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, 32, ill.
