Ogoni Mask (Dimondstein Tribal Art L.A.) Start Price USD 1,450.00 Current Price USD 1,450.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, May 07, 2008 End Time Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Location * See more about 'Ogoni Mask (Dimondstein Tribal Art L.A.)' Description Ogoni Mask “wankr” Winiama (Monkey Mask) Height: 13 inches (mask) Age: Early 20th century Custom stand included Very well known provenance Early American Dealing Family. Please call or email for collection history. Tele: 405-642-4414. Referance like example: African Art in American Collections, pg. 274, ill 717. The Ogoni people are one of the many indigenous peoples in the Niger Delta region of southeast Nigeria. They number about a half million people and live in a 404-square mile homeland which they also refer to as Ogoni, or Ogoniland. The Ogoni rose to international attention after a massive public protest campaign against Shell Oil, led by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP). GeographyThe territory is located in Rivers State on the coast of the Gulf of Guinea, east of the city of Port Harcourt. It extends across the Local Government Areas (LGAs) Khana, Gokana, Tai, and Eleme. Traditionally, Ogoniland is divided into the six kingdoms of Babbe, Eleme, Gokana, Ken-Khana, Nyo-Khana, and Tai. Unlike many other Nigerian minorities, the Ogoni have no myth of their common origin around which to rally to be used as a cause for unification. The Ogoni speak the related, but not mutually intelligible languages of Khana, Gokana, Tai (Tee), Baan and Eleme,[1] part of the extremely large linguistic diversity of the Niger Delta. History Like many peoples on the Guinea coast, the Ogoni have an internal political structure led by chiefs. They survived the period of the slave trade in relative isolation, losing few if any of their members to enslavement. After Nigeria was colonized by the British in 1885, British soldiers arrived in Ogoni by 1901. Major resistance to their presence continued through 1914. Place a Bid!