Mask "mba" · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3034783
sold
EUR 1,400
Size
H: 51,5 cm
H: 20.3 inch
Description
wood, painted in red, white and black, small face with a high board-shaped superstructure, attached to a plant fibre base, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
danced at “iko okochi” festivities.
The object Mask “mba” with the object ID 3034783 was part of the auction 73rd tribal art auction on May 25, 2013. The object with the lot number 234 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,400 with an asking price of EUR 1,000.
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Comparing literature
Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 28 ff.