Rare zoomorphic mask "gugwom" (crocodile?) · Nigeria, Northern Benue, Montol / Goemai · ID: 3046582
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Provenance
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, SwedenSize
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