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Lot 64
92nd Tribal Art Auction

Snake mask of the "ekpo" society

Nigeria, Cross River, Uyo District, Ibibio
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
Africa
Masks

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