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Rare Ijo headdress in the shape of a crab from the Niger Delta, Nigeria - a powerful ceremonial artwork with deep symbolic meaning and a prestigious collecting history.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This impressive headdress, made of wood with traces of white, red and black pigments, depicts a stylised crab - a symbol of protection and renewed life force within the Ijo culture. Such sculptures were worn during ceremonial dances, where the wearer in a trance embodied the spirit of the ancestors or water gods. The sculptural form, harmonic balance and traces of use clearly show the ritual nature of this work.<\/p>\n

Origin & meaning<\/strong>
\nOriginating from the Collection Roel & Paulien de Lange<\/em>, two leading Dutch gallery owners whose estate was auctioned in 2024 at Venduehuis The Hague<\/strong> in the special auction \u201cCollection Roel & Paulien de Lange: The legacy of two devoted gallerists\u201d.\u201d<\/em>
\nA similar headdress is mentioned in Arts d'Afrique Noire<\/em> No. 75 (1990)<\/a>, underlining the rarity and documentation value of this specimen.<\/p>\n

Dimensions & condition<\/strong>
\nHeight without plinth 17 cm; width 46 cm; depth 24 cm; height including plinth 39 cm.
\nGood, stable condition with traces of age and use. Custom-made plinth is included.<\/p>\n

The Roel & Paulien de Lange collection is a tribute to two dedicated gallery owners who played an important role in the Dutch art world for decades. Their passion for tribal and modern art is reflected in the quality, authenticity and diversity of the works they collected. The auction \u2018Collection Roel & Paulien de Lange: The legacy of two devoted gallerists\u2019 at Venduehuis The Hague brought together a selection of their life's work, of which this object was part.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zeldzame Ijo-hoofdtooi in de vorm van een krab uit de Nigerdelta, Nigeria \u2013 een krachtig ceremoni\u00ebel kunstwerk met diep symbolische betekenis en een prestigieuze verzamelgeschiedenis. Deze indrukwekkende hoofdtooi, vervaardigd uit hout met sporen van witte, rode en zwarte pigmenten, stelt een gestileerde krab voor \u2013 een symbool van bescherming en hernieuwde levenskracht binnen de Ijo-cultuur. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":66158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"Ijo hoofdtooi krab \u2013 Niger-delta Nigeria \u2013 collectie De Lange","_seopress_titles_desc":"Ceremoni\u00eble Ijo-hoofdtooi in de vorm van een krab uit Nigeria. Uit de collectie Roel & Paulien de Lange, Venduehuis Den Haag. Tribale kunst kopen.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"Ijo hoofdtooi,Ijo hoofdtooi krab,Niger delta kunst,Nigeriaanse tribale kunst,Ijo sculptuur,Ijo masker kopen,Ijo headcrest,Ijo krab hoofdtooi,De Lange collectie,Venduehuis Den Haag,Arts d\u2019Afrique Noire 75,Afrikaanse kunst Nigeria,Ijo art,Ijo headcrest crab,Nigeria tribale kunst,Ijo beeld kopen,Afrikaanse hoofdtooi kopen,Ijo watergeesten kunst","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[]},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[54,102],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-66174","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-kunst-uit-afrika","product_cat-maskers-kunst-uit-afrika","product_shipping_class-world","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/66174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=66174"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=66174"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verguldekat.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=66174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}