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Early face mask of the "ekpo" society ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3048249

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Provenance
Hans van Drumpt, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, strongly encrusted patina,
The mask is darkly coloured, actually an indication that it belongs to the type of “idiok ekpo” masks. However, the facial features are almost naturalistic and even, which puts it more in the category of aesthetic masks.


The object Early face mask of the “ekpo” society with the object ID 3048249 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 224.

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