Mask "agbogho mmwo" (maiden spirit)
Nigeria, Igbo, Ebenebe region
sold
EUR 2,000
Provenance
Lore Kegel & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1958)Oskar Schimmer, Erlangen, Germany (2000)
Size
H: 21 cm
H: 8.3 inch
Description
wood, black and white pigment, regular fine carved facial features, ornamental facial tattoos in flat relief, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion of paint