elu
Wood with black encrusted patina, fiber cordage
Height 14in (35.5cm)
Provenance
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 8 June 1978, Lot 265
Roger Azar Collection, Paris
Important California Private Collection
Published
Neyt, François and Ramon Sarro, Nixeria, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 1995, p. 102
Exhibited
Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio de Galicia, Nixeria, 4 March - 28 May 1995
Ogoni mask dances serve a variety of functions, including pure entertainment, harvest festivals, funerals and even implementation of judicial verdicts. The present example has classical elu features including a moveable lower jaw, full lips and short nose. Larger than most examples, however, it features an uncommon and intricately carved head crest or crown with a skull and two vertical elements.
For two elu masks with similar head crests with skulls, see Ogoni, Jill Salmons and Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris, Charles-Wesley Hourdé, 2020, figs. 8 and 10.
elu
Wood with black encrusted patina, fiber cordage
Height 14in (35.5cm)
Provenance
Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, 8 June 1978, Lot 265
Roger Azar Collection, Paris
Important California Private Collection
Published
Neyt, François and Ramon Sarro, Nixeria, Auditorio de Galicia, Santiago de Compostela, 1995, p. 102
Exhibited
Santiago de Compostela, Auditorio de Galicia, Nixeria, 4 March - 28 May 1995
Ogoni mask dances serve a variety of functions, including pure entertainment, harvest festivals, funerals and even implementation of judicial verdicts. The present example has classical elu features including a moveable lower jaw, full lips and short nose. Larger than most examples, however, it features an uncommon and intricately carved head crest or crown with a skull and two vertical elements.
For two elu masks with similar head crests with skulls, see Ogoni, Jill Salmons and Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris, Charles-Wesley Hourdé, 2020, figs. 8 and 10.
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