Mask; wood; flat, dagger-shaped; painted white with black borders; black and orange face markings and black, orange, and white designs on forehead; raffia hair; raffia base tied to back. Height 41 cm. Width 11 cm. For the yearly (November-January) “Iko Okorchi” festival. Used by men.
Donor:
Philip Peek and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Afikpo, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Afikpo; Igbo
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Materials:
Fiber and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1966
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1981-1982 #62: Kaiser (April 30, 1982–July 12, 1982)