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
In the form of a female head.
Purchased from Issaka Zango, I. Z. Timbe, Inc., New York; ex coll: Klejmann Gallery, New York
"Diverging Streams: Eastern Nigerian Art," Apr 26, 2015-Apr 17, 2016, BMA.
Frederick John Lamp, "See the Music Hear the Dance: Rethinking African Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art." New York: Prestel, 2003, p.66, ill.
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).
