Zemanek-Münster

Mask with hinged jaw ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3043509

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Provenance
Carl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Sweden
Size
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


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