Mask · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3038186
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Provenance
Roger F. Azar, Paris, FranceYves Créhalet, Paris, France
Size
H: 20 cm
H: 7.9 inch
Description
wood, thick dark brown patina, remains of pigments, consisting of two parts, mortized by wooden plugs, carved with two mask faces with tribe-typical features, min. dam., small missing parts through insect caused damage (back), slight traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask with the object ID 3038186 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 256.
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Publications
Neyt, Francois, L'Art Eket, Collection Azar, Paris 1979, p. 20, ill. 51
AHDRC: 0090156