Mask "oba maoro" · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3038442

Name: Mask "oba maoro"
SKU: 3038442
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium

Size

H: 67 cm

H: 26.4 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, of abstract form, a rectangular, open-worked forehead-nose-ridge flanked by elongated open worked slit eyes, surmounted by a high towering head crest with triangular piercings, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts (back), slight traces of abrasion, base;
this mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies.

The object Mask “oba maoro” with the object ID 3038442 was last part of the auction 79th Tribal Art Auction at March 21, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 261.

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