Idoma
Oglinye Society Dance Headdress
Idoma, 1900
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Idoma
Oglinye Society Dance Headdress
Idoma, 1900
Physical Qualities
Wood, metal, pigment, 13 3/4 x 7 1/16 x 8 1/4 in. (35 x 18 x 21 cm.)
Credit Line
Purchased as the gift of Helen and Howard Benedict, Tiburon, California, in Memory of Alan and Janet Wurtzburger
Object Number
1982.65
Purchased from Issaka Zango, I. Z. Timbe, Inc., New York; ex coll: Klejmann Gallery, New York
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Eli Bentor. "Warrior Masking, Youth Culture, and Gender Roles: Masks and History in Aro Ikeji Festival." African Arts 52, no. 1 (2019): 34-45. https://muse.jhu.edu/ (accessed March 14, 2019).
