Kola Bowl with Cover (Okwa Oji)

Igbo people, Nigeria, African

  • Titles Kola Bowl with Cover (Okwa Oji) (Descriptive)
  • Artist Igbo people, Nigeria
  • Medium wood
  • Dimensions Bowl: 6 x 15 1/4 in. (15.2 x 38.7 cm) Cover: 3 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. (7.6 x 21.6 x 10.2 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Sol and Josephine Levitt, 1991.1054a-b
  • Work Type bowl with cover
  • Classification Containers

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Cast bronze band bracelet with knob ends, with engraved and punched repeating patterns
Collector number EWLE 9
Mask, Lega people, Democratic Republic of the Congo, African, wood, vegetable fiber, pigment
Tall vertical plank surmounts circular "face." Patterns on plank are carved and painted with red, black, and white pigment. Patterns on front include two large "X" designs, one atop the other. Top of plank is sculpted into upturned crescent moon shape. Back of plank has checkerboard pattern. Hood "beak" shape extends from front of circular face, pointing downward toward circular "mouth" opening. Deep oval shape extends from back side of face to cover masquerader's face. Holes around edge of oval for rope to secure mask to back of masquerader's head.