Igunnu 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.
Ankara cloth, applique, wooden sticks, and basketry hoop
186 × 32 × 32 in. (472.4 × 81.3 × 81.3cm)
General Acquisition Fund
2001.36
Not currently on view
Resources
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]).
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