Mask · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034050
not available anymore
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”.
Comparing literature
Drewal, Henry John, Mami Wata, Los Angeles 2008, p. 118, ill. 6.2