Maiden spirit mask "agbogho mmwo"
Nigeria, Igbo
not available anymore
Provenance
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, GermanyRalf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
Size
H: 44 cm
H: 17.3 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, rest., base
Exceptional beautiful, finely crafted mask features remnants of painting in bright colours (green, red and indigo blue). Unordinary detail: the openwork headgear shows a wheel with spokes on both sides.
A mask by the same artist was sold on May 23, 2017 as lot 88 at Bonhams Los Angeles (see AHDRC 0094453).