Mask "idiok ekpo" · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3035919
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Provenance
American Private Collection, New YorkAlexander Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Size
H: 23 cm
H: 9.1 inch
Description
wood, blackish brown patina, polychrome pigment remains, expressive, roundplastic forms, big pierced eyes below threefold curved brows, bulbous cheeks, open mouth with long teeth, pierced around the rim, min. dam., slight traces of insect caused damage and abrasion, cracks, small missing parts
The object Mask “idiok ekpo” with the object ID 3035919 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 324.
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