Early 20th C. Ogoni Painted Wood Headdress / Crest
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**Originally Listed At $200**
Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden dance crest which was worn as a headdress. The crest features two stylized anthropomorphic face masks with pointed noses and puckered lips with a diamond-shaped separation bar in-between. White pigment provides the ground atop which black and red pigmentation is applied, and several perforations around each mask and central bar enable the attachment of additional ornamentation or costuming. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 4" W x 16.9" H (10.2 cm x 42.9 cm).
Provenance: private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Poolos collection, Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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#143122
Western Africa, Nigeria, Ogoni peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden dance crest which was worn as a headdress. The crest features two stylized anthropomorphic face masks with pointed noses and puckered lips with a diamond-shaped separation bar in-between. White pigment provides the ground atop which black and red pigmentation is applied, and several perforations around each mask and central bar enable the attachment of additional ornamentation or costuming. Lucite display stand for photography purposes only. Size: 4" W x 16.9" H (10.2 cm x 42.9 cm).
Provenance: private Pearson collection, Denver, Colorado, USA; ex-Artemis Gallery; ex-private Poolos collection, Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#143122
Condition
Small nicks to masks, separation bar, and peripheries, with chipping and fading to pigmentation, and wear to some raised areas, otherwise intact and very good. Light earthen deposits and nice traces of original pigmentation throughout.
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Early 20th C. Ogoni Painted Wood Headdress / Crest
Estimate $400 - $600
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