Mask "oba maoro" · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3032506
sold
EUR 2,000
Size
H: 51 cm
H: 20.1 inch
Description
wood, polychrome paint, of abstract form, a rectangular, open-worked forehead-nose-ridge, surmounted by a high towering head crest with triangular piercings, rep., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
present mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies.
Comparing literature
Robbins, Warren M., Ingram Nooter, Nancy, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 261, ill. 687