Mask "mma ji" ("yam knife") · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3044824
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Provenance
Eric Robertson, New York, USASize
H: 54,5 cm
H: 21.5 inch
Description
wood, polychrome painted, grass fibre, base
This masks are worn by older boys of the “mmwo” secret society during “okumkpa” ceremonies to celebrate the end of the dry season. Finally, sources point to “mma ji” masks also being used during “njenji” ceremonies.
The object Mask “mma ji” (“yam knife”) with the object ID 3044824 was last part of the auction 90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art at November 17, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 184.
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