Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask "mgbedike" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3052804
Price
EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Provenance
Marie-Eliane d’Udekem d’Acoz, New York, USA / BelgiumAmerican Private Collection, New York
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 April 2024, lot 184
German Private Collection
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.
The object Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask “mgbedike” with the object ID 3052804 was part of the auction Auction 106 on April 25, 2026, lot number 315 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,500 in Open sale.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 131 ff.
Publications
AHDRC: 0204134