Rare animal skin mask · Nigeria, Igbo, Ezzamgbo · ID: 3046300
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Allan Stone, New York, USASize
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
animal hair, pigment remains, base
The only comparable mask from the northeastern Igbo region found in literature, reproduced by Cole (1984), p. 146, ill. 256.
The object Rare animal skin mask with the object ID 3046300 was last part of the auction 93rd Tribal Art Auction at November 16, 2019 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 194 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.
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Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 146, ill. 256