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