Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask "mgbedike" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3050745
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Marie-Eliane d’Udekem d’Acoz, New York, USA / BelgiumPrivate Collection, New York City, USA
Size
H: 35,5 cm
H: 14.0 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
This remarkable “Time of the Brave” (“mgbedike”) mask has menacing teeth and horns. Worn with a costume hung with quills, grasses, and seedpod rattles, the mask embodies a wilderness spirit that is aggressive, brash, powerful, and stubborn.
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 131 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0204134