Mask "oba maoro" ·  Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3042618

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of polychrome paint, open-worked forehead-nose-bridge, flanked by broad horizontal see slits, board-shaped head crest in openwork design, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion.
This mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies.

Comparing literature

Beaulieux, Dick, Belgium collects African Art, Brussels 2000, p. 340