Zemanek-Münster

Mask

Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 229
Size
H: 53 cm
H: 20.9 inch

Description

wood, polychrome paint, coiffure with two lobes, crest in form of a small head rising from columnar neck, coiffures with drillings, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, traces of abrasion;
probably depicting “mami wata”.


Comparing literature

Drewal, Henry John, Mami Wata, Los Angeles 2008, p. 118, ill. 6.2

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