Two face masks
Nigeria, Ibibio
sold
EUR 800
Provenance
Emil Maetzel, Hamburg, GermanySize
H: 25 cm
H: 9.8 inch
Description
wood, middle brown patina, nearly identical formed: painted eyes with sickle-shaped slits, diamond-shaped mouth, accentuated with red paint, ornamental decor in black colour, raised scarification marks, slightly dam., minor missing parts, paint rubbed off, rep. (backside on the rim);
among the masquerades of the “ekpo” society exists a great number of quite different mask types, which may be separated into two distinct groups, the “idiok” and the “mfon” masks.