Anthropomorphic face mask "acali" · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3049968
sold
EUR 350
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, GermanyHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany (1992)
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 23,5 cm
H: 9.3 inch
Description
wood, pigments, base
According to Ottenberg, “acali” is often the first mask worn by a young initiate at his initiation into the secret society. Sometimes they are also worn by the older “okumkpa” - mask figure.
Comparing literature
Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 16 f.