Anthropomorphic mask · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3041328

Name: Anthropomorphic mask
SKU: 3041328
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Milton & Shirley Glaser, New York/Woodstock, USA

Size

H: 22 cm

H: 8.7 inch

Description

wood, facial plane whitened with kaolin, black colour accents, coiffure with three horn-like projections on the forehead, inserted wooden teeth, raised scarification marks, drilled holes around the rim with fabric border, slightly dam., abrasion of paint, rep. (two of the horn-like projections broken), base;
a very comparable object can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Masks whitened with kaolin are common features of Idoma art. They are used in establishing a link with the afterlife and the spirit world. It appears these masks were used during funerals.

The object Anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3041328 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 289.

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