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
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