Mask with hinged jaw of the "ekpo" society · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3039500
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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
The object Mask with hinged jaw of the “ekpo” society with the object ID 3039500 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 254.
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Comparing literature
Robbins, Warren M. & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, p. 268, ill. 700