Zemanek-Münster

Mask "idiok ekpo" ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034506

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Provenance
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, crowned by a human skull, plant fibre bonnet, crossbar for fixing the mask with the teeth, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and insect caused damage


The object Mask “idiok ekpo” with the object ID 3034506 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 277.

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Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 73, ill. 175


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