Anthropomorphic face mask · Nigeria, Edo-Bini · ID: 3043903
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Provenance
Han Coray, Zurich, SwitzerlandGerd Hanebeck, Wuppertal, Germany
Size
H: 41 cm
H: 16.1 inch
Description
wood, collection number “HC 409”, additionally: “5939”
Masks from the Bini were used in “ekpo” cult rituals. According to oral tradition, the “ekpo” cult has been introduced by Agboghidi, the village chief of Ugo, a village to the east of Benin city, from the 16th to the middle of the 18th century considered to be the center of political opposition to the central government.
Publications
AHDRC: 0153617