This mask from the central Ijo region, standing out from the style of the Ijo Kalabari, is associated with the spirits of nature. It was used by one of the male brotherhoods sekiapu or "dancing …

Ijo masks are creatures born of the imagination that are usually related to aquatic life. Indeed, the Ijo-Kalabari living mainly from fishing and their small villages located in swampy areas, their …

2024年7月31日 · Mask Ijo Nigeria 19th century Wood, pigments Height: 86 cm Provenance: Davis Gallery, New Orleans Mark Isaacson and Greg Nacozy, Boston Object Presented by: Guilhem …

This mask was made by the Western Ijo. The art of the Western Ijo is characterized by a strong geometric and cubistic formalism that finds expression in jutting tubular eyes, and mouths …

African art - Ijo: The Ijo ethnic group is located in West Africa, mainly in Nigeria, in the Niger Delta region. However, in the 15th century, they migrated to the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guinea …

However, the best known forehead masks of the central Ijo, which embody water spirits (owuamapu), contain depictions of human heads built up of geometric shapes and combined …

2023年10月12日 · Object Title: Ijo Dance Mask. Materials: Wood. Country: Nigeria. Culture: Ijo. Date Created: Late 19th Century to 20th Century . The Ijo may be divided into two major …

Rare Ijo mask featuring a porcupine. On either side of the animal's body, bristling with spiked sticks of quills, are rims pierced with holes to which the raffia ornament was attached. Base …

2022年7月26日 · The mask from the central ljo region standing out from the style of the ljo culture is associated with the spirits of nature. It is used by one of the male brotherhood dancing …

The Ijo consider water spirits in particular benevolent to humans, and the Ijo have festivals celebrating and invoking the beneficence of many individual spirits, including the …