Mask "mba" · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3038388
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 46,5 cm
H: 18.3 inch
Description
wood, painted in red, white and black, small face with a high towering board-shaped superstructure, attached to plant fibre base, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
danced at “iko okochi” festivities.
The object Mask “mba” with the object ID 3038388 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 260 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 28 ff.