Mask "idiok ekpo" · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034506
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Provenance
Richard Rüegg, Zurich, SwitzerlandSize
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