Mask · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034050
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Size
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, female face with two lobes, crest in form of a small female head with columnar neck and carved necklace, coiffures with drillings, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion;
probably a depiction of “mami wata”.
The object Mask with the object ID 3034050 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 229.
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Comparing literature
Drewal, Henry John, Mami Wata, Los Angeles 2008, p. 118, ill. 6.2