Object Details
- Series
- HD 916-79
- Description
- Black and white silver gelatin print of the back view of the head, neck, and shoulders of a woman set against a black backdrop. She is positioned on a diagonal at the center and right of the composition, with her head turned toward the right. She is adorned with a coiffure composed of multiple braids that rise from the nape of her neck toward the crown, where they are gathered and spiral-wound to form a tall, conical topknot. She wears a single strand necklace, and a white strap from her clothing is visible on her right shoulder.
- Provenance
- Private collector, acquired from the artist, -- to 2019
- Published References
- Fox, Gillian. 2014. Introduction. In Hairstyles and Headdresses, exhibition guide. J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere. Nottingham, UK: New Art Exchange, Modern Suku, page 7.
- Okeke-Agulu, Chika. 2010. J.D. ‘Okhai’s Nigerian Hairstyles. In Contemporary African Photography from The Walther Collection, edited by Okwui Enwezor, pp. 133-143.
- Göttingen: Steidl Publishers. Untitled (Suku Banana Onididi) and Untitled (Modern Suku) illustrated page 137.
- Paoletti, Giulia. 2014. “A Tribute to J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere (1930-2014), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5 March 2014. http://www.metmuseum.org/blog/now-at-the-met/2014/jd
- okhai-ojeikere. Image of Untitled (Modern Suku) from the MET’s collection illustrated in this blog post.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of African Art
- Maker
- J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, 1930 - 2014, Nigeria
- Date
- 1979, printed 2000
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase
- Medium
- Silverprint (silver gelatin) photograph
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (image): 44.5 × 45 cm (17 1/2 × 17 11/16 in.)
- H x W x D (sheet): 60.7 × 51 cm (23 7/8 × 20 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
