Panel with two mask faces · Nigeria, Eket · ID: 3048886
Enchères Rives Gauche, Paris-Drouot, 18 November 2013, Lot 132
Zemanek-Münster, 21 March 2015, Lot 256
Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Description
wood, two parts, blackened, base
This mask panel from the Azar Collection is published in Neyt’s standard work on Eket art (Neyt, Paris 1979, p. 20, fig. no 51).
Neyt refers to the object as a wall panel and cites it as an example of the wide range of artworks created by the Eket and Ibibio.
The Eket and Ibibio-Anang made board masks and panels with superimposed mask faces (often in three parts). They probably belong to the context of the “ekpo” society.
The object Panel with two mask faces with the object ID 3048886 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 200 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Publications
Neyt, Francois, L'Art Eket, Collection Azar, Paris 1979, p. 20, fig. no 51
AHDRC: 0090156