Mwo Dance Costume - Igbo - Nigeria 02

Dance costume and wooden mask "Mwo". It represents the idealization of female beauty. This type of costume is a hooded robe surmounted by a mask. Wood with black, red and white pigments for the mask.
Cotton on burlap embroidered with woolen threads and fabric inserts.
Igbo people, Nigeria
Total height: 178 cm; width arms unfolded: 220 cm Height of the mask: 41 cm
2nd half of the 20th century.