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Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo" ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3045416

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Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 109
Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2000)
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 31,5 cm
H: 12.4 inch

Description

wood, base

Among the masquerades of the “ekpo” society exists a number of quite different types of masks, which may be separated in two groups: the “ugly ghost” masks, “idiok”, which represent restless spirits, and the “mfon” masks which represent those spirits who have already reached paradise.


The object Anthropomorphic face mask “mfon ekpo” with the object ID 3045416 was last part of the auction 91 Tribal Art Auction at March 9, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 216.

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Publications

AHDRC: 0092178


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