Janus helmet mask with skin covering · Nigeria, Cross River, Ekoi (Ejagham), Akparabong · ID: 3048542
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Provenance
Africa Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands (Inv.nr. 1952)Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Description
wood, hide, polychrome paint residues, nails, disc-shaped decorative elements and horn-shaped appendages worked separately.
The faces are coloured red and black, possibly representing a male and a female side and thus taking up the motif of duality.
A comparable helmet mask published by Wittmer, 1978, p. 78, ill. 184.
The object Janus helmet mask with skin covering with the object ID 3048542 was last part of the auction 97th Auction at November 6, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 222.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978