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Rare Ekoi Janiform Headdress, Nigeria
11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
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Rare Ekoi Janiform Headdress, Nigeria
Wood, antelope hide (Bovidae), fiber, pigments, metal
height 14in (35.5cm)
Provenance
Lucien Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp/Brussels
Jacques Blanckaert Collection, Brussels/Knokke, (African Heritage Archives, no. 0090499)
Marc van Krinkelveldt Collection, Brussels
Roberta and Lance Entwistle Gallery, Paris/London
Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C.
The artist of this headdress has created an intricate composition of a wood structure covered with hide on a woven vegetable fiber base, one face covered with reddish brown hide, the other covered with brown hide; kaolin in eyes and mouth of each face; three metal teeth remaining in the mouth of the reddish brown face; wear indicative of significant age and traditional use.
height 14in (35.5cm)
Provenance
Lucien Van de Velde Gallery, Antwerp/Brussels
Jacques Blanckaert Collection, Brussels/Knokke, (African Heritage Archives, no. 0090499)
Marc van Krinkelveldt Collection, Brussels
Roberta and Lance Entwistle Gallery, Paris/London
Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C.
The artist of this headdress has created an intricate composition of a wood structure covered with hide on a woven vegetable fiber base, one face covered with reddish brown hide, the other covered with brown hide; kaolin in eyes and mouth of each face; three metal teeth remaining in the mouth of the reddish brown face; wear indicative of significant age and traditional use.














