*Nigeria* ???????? The Agogo (called the ‘cockscomb’ because it is made to imitate the crest of a rooster) a hairstyle traditionally worn by Yoruba women and still worn today. This hairstyle was traditionally worn by royalty, priestesses and married women. It is also worn by worshippers and priestesses of Orishas (Sango, Oshun , Oya, etc.)
Here are some variations of this beautiful, symbolic Yoruba hairstyle throughout the years.
1. J.D. ‘Okhai Ojeikere- The Jean Pigozzi Collection of African Art,1974.
2 From Oyo Alaafin Brasil on FB
3. 3&8 a worshiper during the Osun Osogbo
Festival 2021 from SarkinFoto on X
4. A princess from Ila Orangun in 1977
5. undated portrait of Yoruba girls
6. A Yoruba woman in 1900
7. A Yoruba woman, as described in 1947
9. Undated photograph of 2 Yoruba women as described
10. A worshiper at the Osun Osogbo Festival in 2011
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