Miniature mask ·  Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3031084

Description

light coloured wood, remains of black and red paint, oval hollowed mask face with a board-shaped flattened framing, sickle-shaped pierced eyes, various drilled holes, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off;
these masks were used by the “ekpo”-society during the planting and harvesting of yams.

The object Miniature mask with the object ID 3031084 was last part of the auction 72nd tribal art auction at March 9, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 101 achieved a sales price of EUR 150.

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