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An Epa / Elefon mask of Olówè of Isè
An Epa / Elefon mask of Olówè of Isè
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An Epa / Elefon mask of Olówè of Isè, before 1938. A drum-like headdress with opposing faces surmounted by a standing female figure wearing five rows of waistbeads and her chest and back decorated with scarification that signifies betrothal, in her right hand she carries a fowl and in the left hand a fly whisk, the genitalia are well emphasized, the neck is strongly elongated, the protruding eyes, the facial scarification and the teeth with the gap between the two incisors are painted white, she wears the irun agogo, or bride´s hairstyle which is pointed and high. The large figure is surrounded by six small female figures, five of which are standing and wearing three rows of waistbeads and one kneeling and wearing four rows of waistbeads, their eyes are also painted white. Four of the small female figures are holding their breasts in a gesture of greeting and devotion. From an old German collection.
This mask is strongly related to Olówè's group figure from the Charles and Kent Davis Collection and of course to the Epa mask from the same collection.
Lit.: Roslyn Adele Walker, Olówè of Isè. A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings, 1998, pp. 82-87. Bolaji Campbell. Reviewed Work: Olówè of Isè: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings by Roslyn Adele Walker, African Arts, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 2000), pp. 88-89. John Pemberton III, Art and Rituals for Yoruba Sacred Kings, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1998), pp. 96-111, 174. Alisa LaGamma, Authorship in African Art, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 18-23. Alisa LaGamma, Beyond Master Hands: The Lives of the Artists, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 24-37, 89-90. Roslyn Adele Walker, Olówè of Isè: Anonymous Has a Name, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 38-47, 90. Nii Q. Quarcoopome, Three Works of Olówè of Isè, Bulletin of the detroit Institute of Arts, Vol. 85, No. 1/4 (2011), pp. 42-51.
Height: 109 cm
Weight: 10,3 kg
This mask is strongly related to Olówè's group figure from the Charles and Kent Davis Collection and of course to the Epa mask from the same collection.
Lit.: Roslyn Adele Walker, Olówè of Isè. A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings, 1998, pp. 82-87. Bolaji Campbell. Reviewed Work: Olówè of Isè: A Yoruba Sculptor to Kings by Roslyn Adele Walker, African Arts, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 2000), pp. 88-89. John Pemberton III, Art and Rituals for Yoruba Sacred Kings, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1998), pp. 96-111, 174. Alisa LaGamma, Authorship in African Art, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 18-23. Alisa LaGamma, Beyond Master Hands: The Lives of the Artists, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 24-37, 89-90. Roslyn Adele Walker, Olówè of Isè: Anonymous Has a Name, African Arts, Vol. 31, No. 4, Special Issue: Authorship in African Art, Part 1 (Autumn 1998), pp. 38-47, 90. Nii Q. Quarcoopome, Three Works of Olówè of Isè, Bulletin of the detroit Institute of Arts, Vol. 85, No. 1/4 (2011), pp. 42-51.
Height: 109 cm
Weight: 10,3 kg
