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Description : Wood Degema, Niger Delta, southern Nigeria, West Africa, 1st thrid 20th century Ijo people Dance crest for water ghosts Polychrome painting, faded With mounting Length: 104 cm Good condition Object is regular taxed. 19% VAT is added to the purchase price for deliveries within the EU. Abstract designed dance crest with elevated, anthropomorphic head, followed by a connecting long jaw, symbolizing a crocodile. Over the head two arms arise, that reach down to the mouth and a shark tail. At the Ijo, which are located in the Niger Delta, water spirits (Owu) played an important role in the religious imagination. At the beginning of the year or at the time of the flood a multi-day festival (ekine) was held to appease the water spirits ​​and thus to safe the welfare of the people. During the festivities, the mask appeared - here in the form of a mixed nature between snake, antelope, fish, crocodile and bird - horizontal worn on the head of a water dancer just above the water surface, as it would glide over the water.The dance crest is in good condition with slight traces of use and age. The polychrome painting is only sporadically preserved. The artwork measures 104 cm. (asi)Literature: K. F. Schädler, Afrikanische Kunst, (Heyne TB) p. 150. J. Zwernemann, W. Lohse, Aus Afrika. Hamburgisches Museum f. Völkerk. 1985, p. 126, fig. 128. K. F. Schädler, Afrikanische Kunst in deutschen Privatsammlungen, p. 222 et seq. L. Segy, Masks of Black Afrika, fig. 130. Nigerian Sculpture - Bridges to Power, Katalog d. Birmingham Museum of Arts, 1984, p. 41. Karl Ferdinand Schädler, AFRICANA (Batten-berg, München, 1988, p. 135/fig. 103. Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American collections, 1989, p. 266, fig. 696. Marcelene K. Wittmer & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, p. 38. M.G. Anderson & Ch. Mullen Kraemer, WILD SPIRITS- STRONG MEDICINE - African Art and the Wilderness, New York 1989, p. 112 et seq. Comp. lit.: 300, B. Danzker, K. F. Schädler, Götter, Geister, Ahnen,. (Ausstell. Katalog, Villa Stuck München 1992), p. 132 (Maskename). Shipping costs excl. statutory VAT and plus 2,5% (+VAT) shipping insurance.
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