Anthropomorphic mask with janus-headed superstructure "okoroshi" · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3043503
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden (1988)Size
H: 51 cm
H: 20.1 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, dam., insect caused damage, paint rubbed off, base
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 200, ill. 313
Publications
Särnstedt, Bo et. al., Before Picasso, African Art in Swedish Collections, Liljevalch 1989, p. 100, ill. 274AHDRC: 01309071
Exhibition
Before Picasso, African Art in Swedish Collections, Liljevalchs Konsthall, 2 December 1988 - 15 January 1989 & Humlebaek, Denmark, 1989, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 1997