Mask · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3040460
not available anymore
Provenance
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 229Size
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