EKET FIGURES

Eket Figure 24 31.5", $800	Eket Figure 26 17", $600	Eket Figure 27 20", $600	Eket Figure 28 18.5", $450	Eket Figure 29 21.5", $300
Eket Figure 30 22", $500	Eket Figure 32 23", $300	Eket Figure 33 27", $300	Eket Figure 34 SOLD	Eket Figure 35 33", $350

Eket Sculpture shows traditional masks, figures, shutters, doors and other objects from the Eket people, a subgroup of the Ibibio of Nigeria. Recognizable for their decorative patterns and repetition of shapes, Eket sculpture takes several forms.

Heads are round and mask-like, with carefully defined features and precise carving. Most are headdresses, on top of a caplike base. Face masks, usually from the Ekpo society, are more varied in size and style. Eket figures, like the heads, are usually worn as crests of headdresses. They are danced in the annual Ogbom ceremony. Many of the figures have strongly abstracted concave bodies and were worn.

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