Small mask · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033573
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Provenance
Mama Adamou, Lome, TogoGerman Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
Size
H: 10 cm
H: 3.9 inch
Description
copper alloy with patina, elongated face with forehead scarifications, elaborate headgear, two eyelets for attachment, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, on base;
such masks were sewn on the clothes of dignitaries.
The object Small mask with the object ID 3033573 was last part of the auction 70th tribal art auction at September 8, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 343.
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Comparing literature
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 146 Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 164, ill. 156