Mask "okoroshi oma" · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3038608
sold
EUR 600
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, facial plane whitened with kaolin, accents in black paint, bare teeth, tribal marks on the cheeks, ornamental eyebrows and framing of the face, surmounted by short horns, min. dam., small missing parts (back), traces of abrasion, base
The object Mask “okoroshi oma” with the object ID 3038608 was last part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction at June 27, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 333 achieved a sales price of EUR 600.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 194 f.