Mask with hinged jaw "elu", Nigeria, Ogoni, Size: H: 22,5 cm (H: 8.9 inch), ID: 3042272

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Lot 330

86th Tribal Art Auction

Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3042272

sold EUR 700

Provenance

Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 310
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Rainer Linnhoff, Pullach, Germany

Size

H: 22,5 cm

H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, dark patina, remains of pigments, tribe-typical facial features, scarification marks and “snub nose”, coiffure of three horn-like projecting lobes, min. dam., insect caused damage, traces of abrasion

Comparing literature

David, Jean, Ogoni, Zürich 2002, p. 32

Publications

Zemanek, David, Nigeria, Kult und Ritus, Würzburg 2002, p. 14, ill. 9

AHDRC: 0098778

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