Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Provenance
Max Willborg, London, Great Britain / Stockholm, SwedenChristie’s, London, 26 April 1977, lot 181
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
Size
H: 30 cm
H: 11.8 inch
Description
wood, with articulated lower jaw (attachment renewed), base
For a work made by the same artist see Paudrat, J. L. et al., Fragments du Vivant: Sculptures africaines dans la collection Durand-Dessert, Paris, 2008, no 212
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 75 f.Publications
AHDRC: 0153688