EKWE HEADDRESS FROM UGBENE

EKWE HEADDRESS FROM UGBENE, SAID BY ITS OWNERS TO HAVE BEEN CARVED BEFORE 1940 BY OGBUANYI OF LEJA (IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARVED MORE RECENTLY). IT COMPRISES SOME TWENTY-FIVE HUMAN FIGURES AND ANIMALS, SEPARATELY CARVED AND NAILED ON IN AN INTERESTING MIXTURE OF OLDER STYLES AND TYPES OF DRESS, COIFFURES, AND STATUS SYMBOLS WITH MORE MODERN ONES. PHOTO 1982.

— Herbert M. Cole
Location: Ugbene, Alaigbo | Date: 1982 | Credit: Cole