Snake mask of the "ekpo" society, Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3045626

Snake mask of the "ekpo" society, Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3045626 - 2/8

Snake mask of the "ekpo" society, Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3045626 - 3/8

Snake mask of the "ekpo" society, Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio, Size: H: 23 cm (H: 9.1 inch), ID: 3045626 - 4/8

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Lot 64

92nd Tribal Art Auction

Snake mask of the "ekpo" society · Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio · ID: 3045626

sold EUR 1,700

Provenance

collected in situ in 1958, Uyo District
Lore Kegel & Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Ernst and Ruth Anspach, New York, USA
Patrik Fröhlich, Zurich, Switzerland (2004)
Alfred W. Angst, Aeugstertal-Zurich, Switzerland

Size

H: 23 cm

H: 9.1 inch

Description

wood, handwritten collection number in white paint “0927” and collection label, old place of repair at the chin

Probably belonging to the type of “idiok” or “ugly ghost” masks representing restless wandering spirits.

Publications

Himmelheber, Hans, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler, Würzburg 1960, p. 273, ill. 209

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