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.
Comparing literature
Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 28 ff.