Anthropomorphic mask · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3040372
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, FranceLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Baron Frederic Rolin, New York, USA (1982)
Size
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
Description
wood, pigment, plant fibre, superstructure with Eket-typical “sun motif”, crossbar for fixation
Present mask belongs to a very rare mask type which was in the possession of a prophesying society called “idiong” (compare Schädler, 2009, p. 210).
Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 210 f.
Publications
AHDRC: 0090143