Mask
Nigeria, Idoma
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.