Mask "agbogho mmwo" ("maiden spirit") · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3042942
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Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, kaolin, facial features accentuated by dark pigment, vertical forehead and nose ridge, circular scarification marks, coiffure carved with burls, presumably once carrying a superstructure on the head, slightly dam., rep. (breakage at the left rim), abrasion of paint, base.
The object Mask “agbogho mmwo” (“maiden spirit”) with the object ID 3042942 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 301.
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