Mask
Nigeria, Cross River, Ibibio-Eket or Anang
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.
Comparing literature
Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, ill. 54Publications
AHDRC: 0145857