EJAGHAM ( EKOI ) STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESSES ARCHIVES, Nigeria

The Ejagham headdresses below have been sold and are left here for reference and educational purposes.

These Ejagham style animal headdresses show no evidence of age or use and were probably made to be sold.


 

 

EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 61
24" long x 31" wide x 9.5" deep
$900

 

 

 EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 63
37.5" long x 16.5" wide x 14.5" deep
SOLD

 

 

EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 64
22" long x 29.5" wide x 18.25" deep
SOLD

 

 

EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 65
28" long x 13.5" wide, x 14.5" deep
SOLD

 

 

EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 66
21" long x 21" wide x 15" deep
SOLD

 

 

EJAGHAM STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESS 62
24.5" long x 9" wide x 13.5" deep
SOLD

Photographs © Hamill Gallery

EJAGHAM ( EKOI ) STYLE ANIMAL HEADDRESSES, Nigeria

These large, skin-covered headdresses (crest masks) are attached to a basketry base which is worn on top of the head. They represent imaginary animals: either crocodile heads crowned with antelope horns or with a woman's curled coiffure.

PLEASE NOTE: The dimensions are represented as follows: length is measured from the tip of the nose to the t0p of the horns; width is measured from one side of the horns to the other; depth is measured from the base of the basket to the highest point on the mask (face or horns).

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