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Mask with hat, Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3042310
Mask with hat, Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3042310 - 2/5 Mask with hat, Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3042310 - 3/5 Mask with hat, Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3042310 - 4/5 Mask with hat, Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma, Size: H: 49 cm (H: 19.3 inch), ID: 3042310 - 5/5
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Lot 317
86th Tribal Art Auction

Mask with hat ·  Nigeria, Igbo/Idoma · ID: 3042310

sold EUR 4,000
Provenance
Eric Robertson, New York, USA
Bruce Frank, New York, USA
Size
H: 49 cm
H: 19.3 inch

Description

wood, black patina, partly encrusted, narrow elongated face with deeply hollowed - nearly skull-like - eyes and prominent tattoos at the temples, mouth inset with metal teeth (some missing), crowned by bulky top hat, dam., cracks, missing parts (lower lip, hat brim, mask rim), strongly marked by weathering (above all the top of the hat and inner side), traces of metal tags at the chin, base

Africa
Masks

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