Deformation mask "idiok ekpo" · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3052218
Starting price
EUR 600
Estimated price
EUR 1,200
Provenance
American Private CollectionSize
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
wood, pigments, rattan, plantfibre, base
During mask performances of the “ekpo” society, reincarnated ancestors who were immoral, agitated and wayward are represented in masks called “idiok ekpo”, whose moral ugliness is indicated through the dark surfaces and disfigurations from diseases like “gangosa”, facial paralysis or leprosy.