Mask · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3034525
sold
EUR 1,000
Size
H: 26,5 cm
H: 10.4 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, typical scarifications, filed incisors, crowned by two small human heads, flanked by contorted horns, pierced around the rim, cracks, traces of abrasion;
the combination of human face and animal horns is found more often among southern groups (Igbo, Ogoni, Ibibio) than among other groups of the lower Benue.
The object Mask with the object ID 3034525 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 335 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.
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