Mask "idiok ekpo", Nigeria, Anang Ibibio, Size: H: 24 cm (H: 9.4 inch), ID: 3044169

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Lot 269

89th Tribal Art Auction

Mask "idiok ekpo" · Nigeria, Anang Ibibio · ID: 3044169

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Provenance

Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Mark 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.

Comparing literature

Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 182

Publications

AHDRC: 0153687

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