Mask · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3033248
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, GermanyHarald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1982)
Size
31 cm x 32 cm
12.2 inch x 12.6 inch
Description
wood, matt greyish brown patina, board-shaped flattened base with geometrical incisions, carved with a round mask face in the centre, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, cracks, slight traces of abrasion;
Salmons and Nicklin take the formal and ornamental elements as lunar signs, especially because the Eket are used to this imagery, which is expressed by the connection of their female deity or “Big Mother” (“eka abbassi”) to the moon.
Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, L' Art Eket, Paris 1979, ill. 17