Auction 106
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Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo", Nigeria, Ibibio, Ebesikbo Clan, Nyong of Ikot Obio Odongo, Size: H: 29 cm (H: 11.4 inch), ID: 3052856
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Auction 106

Anthropomorphic face mask "idiok ekpo" ·  Nigeria, Ibibio, Ebesikbo Clan, Nyong of Ikot Obio Odongo · ID: 3052856

Starting price
EUR 500
Estimated price
EUR 1,000
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Provenance
Field collected by Reverend Vernon Koeper (1912-1974) in Eastern Nigeria before 1941
Jack Vance & Constance “Connie” Wallinga Collection, Minneapolis, USA
Bonhams, New York, 12 May 2012, lot 215
Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch

Description

wood, pigments, plant fiber, label with inscription “Ebesikbo tribe of IBIBIO. Carved by Nyong of Ikot Obio Odongo village. Collected by Rev. V. Koeper pre-1941 Ekpo society mask”

Publications

AHDRC: 0175708

Africa
Masks

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