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Mask "idiok ekpo"
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Lot 277
77th tribal art auction

Mask "idiok ekpo"

Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
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

Comparing literature

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

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