Mask with superstructure · Nigeria - Niger Delta, Isoko · ID: 3037160

Name: Mask with superstructure
SKU: 3037160
Price: 3300 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 3,300

Provenance

Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, Germany

Size

H: 50 cm

H: 19.7 inch

Description

heavy wood, matt brown patina, white pigment remains, cylindrical crest with mask faces and burled decor on both sides, crowned by six figures (central half figure, surrounded by five figures arranged in a circle), pierced around the rim, cracks, small missing parts, traces of abrasion, base;
the Isoko are an ethnic group settling in the western Niger Delta bordered by the Urhobo in the West, the Ijo in the South and the Kwale Igbo and Aboh in the North and Northeast.

The object Mask with superstructure with the object ID 3037160 was part of the auction 77th tribal art auction on June 28, 2014. The object with the lot number 163 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,300 with an asking price of EUR 2,500.

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