Mask "idiok ekpo" · Nigeria, Anang Ibibio · ID: 3044169
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Provenance
Merton Simpson, New York, USAMark Eglinton, New York, USA
Size
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, nails, base
The “black or dark colored “idiok” masks embody ugly, unsatisfied spirits whose behaviour provided negative examples for the living.
The object Mask “idiok ekpo” with the object ID 3044169 was last part of the auction 89th Tribal Art Auction at July 7, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 269.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 182
Publications
AHDRC: 0153687