Dancer's dress worn by members of the Egbo or Ekkpe secret society

Made:: 1880-1920 in Nigeria

Dancer's dress worn by members of the Egbo or Ekkpe secret society, Ekoi, Southern Nigerian, 1880-1920

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Category:: Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A657344

Materials:: string, grass and coconut

type:: dresses

credit:: Fosters

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Dancer's dress worn by members of the Egbo or Ekkpe secret society

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