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Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?)
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Lot 273
94th Tribal Art Auction

Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?)

Nigeria, Northern Benue, Montol / Goemai
not available anymore
Provenance
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
L: 60 cm
L: 23.6 inch

Description

wood, red and white pigment, missing part, insect caused damage, base

The mask was worn horizontally on the head. Arnold Rubin (1988) reported that the mask type appeared on harvest festivities and chiefly burials.

One of the rare comparable masks illustrated in Wittmer (1978), p. 94, ill. 219 (AHDRC 0097841).

Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 94, ill. 219
Africa
Masks

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