Zemanek-Münster

Mask "apanwa" ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3036908

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Provenance
French Private Collection
Size
H: 56 cm
H: 22.0 inch

Description

wood, slightly encrusted blackish brown patina, kaolin, of elongated form with parallel, star-shaped and spiralic scarifications, surmounted by a seated figure, pierced around the rim, cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion


The object Mask “apanwa” with the object ID 3036908 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 294.

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Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M., Igbo, Milan 2013, pl. 44


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