Anthropomorphic face mask "mfon ekpo" · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3046822
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Provenance
Sid & Gae Berman, New York City, USA (before 1974)Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 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 3046822 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 165.
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