Ceremonial mask · Nigeria, Mumuye · ID: 3044989
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Provenance
Swiss Private CollectionZemanek-Münster, 24 November 2012, lot 251
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Size
H: 86,5 cm
H: 34.1 inch
Description
wood, rep., base
This mask was first known as shoulder mask, and was renamed most recently as a “vertical mask” by Marla Berns. It was worn on the head, and the dancer could see through an opening in the middle of the front.
The object Ceremonial mask with the object ID 3044989 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 192.
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Comparing literature
Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 438 ff.