Anthropomorphic mask with janus-headed superstructure "okoroshi" ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3043503

Description

wood, polychrome paint, dam., insect caused damage, paint rubbed off, base

The object Anthropomorphic mask with janus-headed superstructure “okoroshi” with the object ID 3043503 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 276 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.

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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. 274

AHDRC: 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