Mask with hinged jaw · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3043509
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Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, SwedenSize
H: 38,5 cm
H: 15.2 inch
Description
wood, blackened in parts, remains of pigments, beak-like mouth, raised scarification marks on forehead and temples, bowl-like headgear, rep. (breakages backside), cracks, traces of abrasion
The object Mask with hinged jaw with the object ID 3043509 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 279.
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Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 72, ill. 171
Publications
AHDRC: 0150497
Exhibition
Magins Hjärta, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden, 1997