Zemanek-Münster

Mask ·  Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang · ID: 3044750

sold EUR 2,100
Provenance
Marceau Rivière, Paris, France
Size
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


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