Zemanek-Münster

Mask with hinged jaw of the "ekpo" society

Nigeria, Ibibio
not available anymore
Provenance
collected in situ (1972)
Size
H: 27,5 cm
H: 10.8 inch

Description

wood, blackish brown patina, plant fibres, expressive facial features, raised forehead and temple scarifications, flat headgear, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage and abrasion


Comparing literature

Robbins, Warren M. & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, p. 268, ill. 700

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