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.
The object Mask “oba maoro” with the object ID 3032506 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 363 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,000.
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Comparing literature
Robbins, Warren M., Ingram Nooter, Nancy, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 261, ill. 687