Anthropomorphic mask · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3035781
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Provenance
Adriaan Blom, Basel, SwitzerlandAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 26 cm
H: 10.2 inch
Description
wood, encrusted greyigh brown patina, typical scarification marks, separate worked teeth, crowned by three small horns, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, base;
the combination of human face and animal horns is found more often among southern groups (Igbo, Ogoni, Ibibio) than among other groups of the lower Benue.
The object Anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3035781 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 178.
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