Anthropomorphic mask · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3036455
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Provenance
Lore Kegel and Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanycollected in situ (1958, in the vicinity of the town Ikot-Ekpene, Niger Delta, Akwa Ibom)
Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, matt greyish brown patina, red and white pigment, three projections on the head, a broad mouth with bare theeth, engraved patterns on the forehead, metal nails at the chin, missing parts (right ear, tip of one projection), traces of insect caused damage (mouth, nose, eyes, above all backside), fine fissures
The object Anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3036455 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 445.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, ill 17