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Early 20th C. Ogoni Painted Wood Headdress / Crest

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Early 20th C. Ogoni Painted Wood Headdress / Crest

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Description

**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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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

Name: Early 20th C. Ogoni Painted Wood Headdress / Crest
SKU: 75036135
Price: 400 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $400 - $600

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