Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Female Dance Headdress from Cross River region, Nigeria or Cameroon
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Female Dance Headdress from Cross River region, Nigeria or Cameroon
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Image View:
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Detail, coiled hairdo
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Creator:
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unknown (Nigerian artist)
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Location:
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exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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20th century (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Nigerian; West African (general)
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Style Period:
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Ejagham
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Work Type 1:
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headdress
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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antelope leather; wood; rattan
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Technique:
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carving (processes); construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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decorative arts; recreation and games; festivals; dance; ceremonial; ceremonies
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Description:
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Work is from a private collection (Lune Rouge Collection, Montreal). Headdresses covered in leather, like this elegant depiction of a beautiful young woman with an elaborate coiffure, are created in the region along the Cross River in Nigeria and Cameroon. This particular example was made by the Ejagham peoples and is characteristic of a genre popular across the region. Some are startlingly naturalistic and may be portraits of known individuals; others are highly stylized. There are three overall types: helmet masks that cover the wearer's head entirely, masks that cover only the face, and headdresses that, like this one, are attached to basketry caps worn on top of the head. (Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art [website]; http://www.metmuseum.org)
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-FDH-A04
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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