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Igbo Headcrest, Nigeria #1060Igbo Headcrest, Nigeria #1060 An interesting Nigerian Headcrest, with holes on the head. Measurements: 13" x 7" x 7" Condition: Very Good, with signs of Longterm Use and Veneration in Performance. Repainted for different Ritual Ceremonies. The holes throught the crest of the Head would have most likely been filled with hair plugs. A later generation Maiden Mask ca 1960. Agbogho Mmwo, or "Maiden Spirit" Masks are danced by men at Festivals that honor
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Igbo Headcrest, Nigeria #1060
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An interesting Nigerian Headcrest, with holes on the head.
- Measurements: 13" x 7" x 7"
- Condition: Very Good, with signs of Longterm Use and Veneration in Performance. Repainted for different Ritual Ceremonies. The holes throught the crest of the Head would have most likely been filled with hair plugs.
- A later generation Maiden Mask ca 1960.
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Agbogho Mmwo, or "Maiden Spirit" Masks are danced by men at Festivals that honor important Deities. The Maiden Masks represent the Igbo Ideal of Female Beauty: small, balanced features, elaborate hairstyles, and delicate tattoos.
The Maiden Mask would have been used in performance by the male dancers to evoke a Woman that was the Embodiment of the "Feminine Ideal". Masks representing Women or Honoring Women's Powers performed by men was a means for a Community to negotiate Female Gender Roles.
The men who dance Agbogho Mmwo Masks wear colorful, tight-fitting fiber costumes, entertaining the Village with exaggerated versions of Women's Dances.
Igbo Maiden Masks are a visible manifestation of the Spirits of Departed Ancestors who periodically revisit the Human Community for Remembrance, Celebration, and Blessings.
Kaolin taken from local Riverbeds (which are associated with Healing and with a Spiritual, Ancestral Realm of Existence) was applied to the facial surface of the Mask.
By using this Kaolin Clay Material/ Pigment, the Artist both celebrated the Beauty of Mortal Women a transformed into an Otherworldly, Sublime, Supernatural Being.Igbo Peoples, Nigeria, Africa
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