Female mask "okoroshi oma" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3046812
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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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 186 ff.