Plank Headdress: Water Spirit
Object type: Headdress
Department: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Culture: Ijo peoples
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wood, cartridge shells
Dimensions: H. 8 1/4 x W. 6 1/8 x D. 35 3/16 in. (21 x 15.5 x 89.5 cm)
Classification: Wood-Sculpture
Geography:     Nigeria  
River: Niger Delta region
Credit line: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Purchase, Nelson A. Rockefeller Gift, 1967
Accession year: 1978