Anthropomorphic mask "ichahoho" ·  Nigeria, Igbo / Idoma · ID: 3050386

Description

wood, pigments, nails, base

A stylistically and formally very similar mask published by Neyt, “The Arts of the Benue”, 1985, p. 150, III.77. Neyt assumes that the mask originates from northern Igbo workshops. On the other hand, it also belongs to the Idoma tradition. He had personally seen such a mask being used in the Idoma region, in the village of Ejoi, near Otobi, in the Akpa area, and the people called it “ichahoho” (Neyt, 1985, p. 146).

The object Anthropomorphic mask “ichahoho” with the object ID 3050386 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 249 achieved a sales price of EUR 700.

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Comparing literature

Publications

Arts d'Afrique Noire, no. 56, 1985, p. 43 (mask right outside bottom row)

Exhibition

Paris, Village Suisse, Galerie 62, "Les Dagomba", 10 October 1985