Female mask "okoroshi oma" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3046812

Name: Female mask "okoroshi oma"
SKU: 3046812
Price: 850 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 850

Provenance

Sid & Gae Berman, New York City, USA (before 1974)

Size

H: 27 cm

H: 10.6 inch

Description

wood, pigment, base

The benign and friendly ones are “okoroshioma” - “beautiful spirits”, white-faced and white-dressed. The Igbo word “oma” means good, pretty, and light. Their aggressive male counterparts in dark blankets are called “okoroshi ojo”, “ojo” meaning dark, ugly or heavy.

The object Female mask “okoroshi oma” with the object ID 3046812 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 171 achieved a sales price of EUR 850.

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