Mask · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3035836
sold
EUR 1,500
Provenance
Missine Thiam, Los Angeles, USAAntonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, disc-shaped base, carved with an anthropomorphic face, the rim with triangular ornaments in bas-relief, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
this mask shows elements of both the Ibibio and the Eket and probably derives from the border area of both ethnic groups.
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 66, ill. 151