Anthropomorphic face mask · Nigeria, Edo-Bini · ID: 3043903

Name: Anthropomorphic face mask
SKU: 3043903
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Han Coray, Zurich, Switzerland
Gerd 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.

The object Anthropomorphic face mask with the object ID 3043903 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 106.

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