Ijo
Water Spirit Headdress
Ijo, 1900-1932
Scroll
Ijo
Water Spirit Headdress
Ijo, 1900-1932
Physical Qualities
Wood, polychrome, nail, fiber, 84.3 L x 19.8 H x 26.7 W cm.
Credit Line
Gift of Barry and Toby T. Hecht, Bethesda, Maryland
Object Number
1999.747
Oval cap to fit on the head, surmounted by a flat plane with front and rear projections (two each), with an animal head with two tusks placed centrally on the plane, and two miniature versions of the same head placed on the front projections.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1999; William and Robert Arnet, Atlanta, Georgia.
Marceline Wittmer and William Arnett, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 'Three Rivers of Nigeria', 1978, fig. 90, circulated to: The National Museum of African Art. Robin Poyner, Birmingham Museum of Art, NIGERIAN SCULPTURE - BRIDGES TO POWER, 4/15 - 6/3 1984, p. 41, ill. no. 57.
Wittmer, Marcilene A., and William Arnett. "Three Rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross and Benue from the Collection of William and Robert Arnett." Atlanta: The High Museum of Art, 1978, pp. 38, ill. 90.
