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Mask, Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3044750
Mask, Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3044750 - 2/5 Mask, Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3044750 - 3/5 Mask, Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3044750 - 4/5 Mask, Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3044750 - 5/5
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Lot 177
90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

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.

Comparing literature

Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 54

Publications

AHDRC: 0145857

Africa
Masks

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