Horned mask "azigho" · Nigeria, Bini · ID: 3041001
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Provenance
Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany, collected in situ (1956)Lempertz, Brussels, 28. April 2007, lot 97
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 1. März 2008, lot 289
Private Collection, New York, USA
Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, effective usage of black and white paint, almond-shaped eyes with narrow see slits, old collection number on the back “Be 4”, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, small missing parts, base;
this animal mask with human features is depicting an antelope.
The object Horned mask “azigho” with the object ID 3041001 was last part of the auction 84th Tribal Art Auction at November 5, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 282.
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Comparing literature
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 83