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An ijo (ijaw) "otojo" helmet mask in shape of a crocodile, nigeria, was carved to honor bini oru, spirit of water, during masquerades owufishermen had to be careful not to offend these spirits or they could kill their wrath by means of the various dangerous animal species in the area, such as hippos, crocodiles or pythonstheir neighbours igbo-ekpeya use similar masks during masquerades egbukereare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese masks and other artistic productions are intended to honor aquatic spirits, oro, whom they worship and to whom sacrifices were intended5continents; niger deltasource: arts of nigeria, acatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit was fixed horizontally on the top of the skull; remnants of white kaolin and traces of ritual useour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
172 €
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ijo masks depict creatures which were born out of the imagination, the latter are usually related to the aquatic lifeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifurthermore, references to their warrior past abound in their reliquaries, rituals and masked celebrationscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableindeed, the ijo-kalabari mainly live from fishing and their small villages are established on marshy areas at the east of the nun river, their cosmogony is naturally focused on this environmentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
418 €