Igunnu Ko ("the lengthening thing") Costume

Date2001

Label TextIgunnu Ko ("the lengthening thing") costume is the spinning cyclone of cloth that grows from two to fourteen feet or more. Continually shifting in shape, this masquerade is a virtuoso display of cloth and its manipulation.

Object number2001.36

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Art from Africa: Long Steps Never Broke a Back, Feb. 7 - May 19, 2002 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2, 2004 - Jan. 2, 2005; Hartford, Connecticut, Wadsworth Atheneum, Feb. 12 - June 19, 2005; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Oct. 8, 2005 - Jan. 1, 2006; Nashville, Tennessee, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Jan. 27 - Apr. 30, 2006 [as African Art, African Voices: Long Steps Never Broke a Back]).

Credit LineGeneral Acquisition Fund

Dimensions186 × 32 × 32 in. (472.4 × 81.3 × 81.3cm)

MediumAnkara cloth, applique, wooden sticks, and basketry hoop