Mask · Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang · ID: 3044750
sold
EUR 2,100
Provenance
Marceau Rivière, Paris, FranceSize
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, polychrome painted, base
Property of the powerful society of sootsayers known as “idiong” in that area.
Probably once part of a t three-part mask board.
The object Mask with the object ID 3044750 was part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art on November 17, 2018. The object with the lot number 177 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,100 with an asking price of EUR 1,500.
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Comparing literature
Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 54
Publications
AHDRC: 0145857