Ceremonial mask ·  Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3034519

Description

light brown wood, brown patina, kaolin, disc-shaped ears and facial scarifications, pierced around the rim, rep. (left ear), cracks, traces of abrasion, metal socle;
these ceremonial masks are often called “shoulder” or “yoke masks”, although most of them were not worn on the shoulder but on the head, especially the smaller examples. The larger ones had to be carried by several men, which were hidden by raffia-weave or textiles.

The object Ceremonial mask with the object ID 3034519 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 354.

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Comparing literature

Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 438 ff.