Mask · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3034430
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Size
H: 30,5 cm
H: 12.0 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, raised scarification marks, pierced around the rim, dam., traces of insect caused damage, missing parts, socle;
probably an “ikpobi” mask type, which was used for victory celebrations at dances performed by returning warriors, while the heads of killed enemies were presented as trophies. Nowadays “ikpobi” mask figures appear in pairs of male and female mainly at funeral ceremonies.
The object Mask with the object ID 3034430 was last part of the auction 74th tribal art auction at September 7, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 218.
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