Mask ·  Nigeria, Northern Igbo · ID: 3033815

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of white, indigo blue and red pigment, flat facial plane with a disc-shaped projecting beard and tapering forehead, crowned by a conical coiffure composed of small polychrome rectangles, a band of white pigment across the eye zone, drilled holes around the rim with bulges of rotan and fabric, slightly dam., minor missing parts (eyes), a crack backside, rep. at the same place (right rim), small traces of insect caused damage

The object Mask with the object ID 3033815 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 238 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,500.

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Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, The Arts of the Benue, Belgien 1985, p. 81, ill. II.53