Mask "okoroshi oma" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3031746
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Provenance
Henk & Greet Kouw, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSize
H: 24 cm
H: 9.4 inch
Description
wood, yellow grounding, painted in red and black, dominated by a big “laughing” mouth with long teeth, min. dam., missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion
The object Mask “okoroshi oma” with the object ID 3031746 was last part of the auction 68th tribal art auction at March 3, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 368.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Aniakor, Chike C., Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 203