Anthropo- / zoomorphic mask with crowning animal pair · Nigeria, Isoko / Urhobo · ID: 3047392
Description
wood, kaolin, red and blue pigment, rest.
For a stylistically very similar mask (but with figural crowning) see AHDRC 0171548.
Isoko art is similar to that of the Urhobo and both groups also have cultural similarities. Both of them perform elaborate festivals of masked dances dedicated to “ohworu”, the “edjo” (protective spirits) of the water (“edjo ame” or “edjorame”) and of the earth (“edjo oto” or “edjoto”).
The object Anthropo- / zoomorphic mask with crowning animal pair with the object ID 3047392 was part of the auction 97th Auction on November 6, 2021. The object with the lot number 239 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,700 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.
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Comparing literature
Foss, Perkins (ed.), Where Gods and Mortals meet, New York 2004, p. 101 Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, p. 266