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Maske "opa nwa", Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 57 cm (H: 22.4 inch), ID: 3040674
Maske "opa nwa", Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 57 cm (H: 22.4 inch), ID: 3040674 - 2/4 Maske "opa nwa", Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 57 cm (H: 22.4 inch), ID: 3040674 - 3/4 Maske "opa nwa", Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 57 cm (H: 22.4 inch), ID: 3040674 - 4/4
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Lot 267
83rd Tribal Art Auction

Maske "opa nwa" ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3040674

sold EUR 1,400
Provenance
American Private Collection
Size
H: 57 cm
H: 22.4 inch

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, small face with cheek scarifications, high superstructure in form of a seated female figure with elongated torso, attached to plant fibre base, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion

Comparing literature

Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 94, ill. 39

Africa
Masks

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