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Oct 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Oct 26, 2009
Headdress
Headdress
early 1900s
Wood, rawhide, cane, paint, bone or ivory, natural fiber, and metal
Overall: 67.3 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm (26 1/2 x 17 x 17 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1990.23
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Headdresses or crest masks made of antelope skin stretched over a carved head are a distinctive art form of the Cross River region in southeastern Nigeria and western Cameroon. This female evocation of ideal feminine beauty was most probably worn by an Ejagham woman in the context of a female society called Ekpa, which was responsible for the education of girls in preparation for marriage.
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