This photograph was taken by Dr. Marilyn Houlberg while conducting research among the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria in 1970-1971, 1973, and 1975. At the time Dr. Houlberg was on a Kress Foundation Research grant and on a Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research grant.
Original title reads,"R9-25, Egungun at Iganna. Owner: Agoare of Iganna, female in foreground."
Publication title reads, "[Fig.] 4. Ilari Egungun headdress, subtype Eleruialate. The carved wooden tray depicts an Ilari, or court messenger, whose triangular crested hairstyle is visible at rear, and his wife, a worshipper of Orisa Oko, God of the farm, as indicated by the double marks on her forehead. They are flanked by two monkey heads. Blood and feathers on the center of the headdress indicate that it has recently recived a chicken sacrifice. Attached to the headdress are appliqued panels of cloth and leather. Iganna, 1970."
Local Numbers:
R9-25
General:
Title source: Marilyn Houlberg and EEPA staff based on slide information
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