ITEM #:
5698
ETHNICITY:
Idoma
ORIGIN:
Nigeria
IDOMA 'ALUSI' FIGURE:
The present figure depicting one such 'divine being', also known as 'Alusi', clearly belongs, on the grounds of its stylistic features, to the southern settlement area of the Ibo (Onitsha region): This specimen is impressively antiquated with a weathered patina. The coiffure is an icon pattern of threaded hair braid common among West Africans.
Idoma African art in Western collections primarily consists of wooden masks that were used at burial ceremonies as well as for promoting social control and of anthropomorphic wooden figures that may often be quite large.
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ITEM #:
5698
ETHNICITY:
Idoma
ORIGIN:
Nigeria
IDOMA 'ALUSI' FIGURE:
The present figure depicting one such 'divine being', also known as 'Alusi', clearly belongs, on the grounds of its stylistic features, to the southern settlement area of the Ibo (Onitsha region): This specimen is impressively antiquated with a weathered patina. The coiffure is an icon pattern of threaded hair braid common among West Africans.
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ITEM #:
2527
ETHNICITY:
Idoma
ORIGIN:
Nigeria
IDOMA IKPOBI MASK:
This Idoma mask, known as an ikpboi mask, belongs to the younger men's age-grade associations, though today, an Ikpobi mask is used in funeral ceremonies.
