Anklet "ogba" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3044135
sold
EUR 700
Provenance
Bert Garrebeek, Beersel, BelgiumSize
D: 34 cm
D: 13.4 inch
Description
brass,
An old photograph from 1945 in Cole shows a male “agbogho mmwo” mask dancer with “ogba” gauntlets of moderate size (Cole, 1984, p. 35, ill. 61).
The object Anklet “ogba” with the object ID 3044135 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 286 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 35, ill. 61
Publications
AHDRC: 0094230 (comparable object)