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Igunnu Ko ("the lengthening thing") Costume
Igunnu Ko ("the lengthening thing") Costume

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
Photo: Nathaniel Willson
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Image provided by CANADA Gallery
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