Water spirit mask · Nigeria, Ijaw, Niger Delta · ID: 3033136
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Harald & Ursula Suhr, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Germany (1981)
Description
wood, brown patina, remains of pigments, fez-shaped calotte, carved with a flat board-shaped element, reminding of an elephants tusk, an anthropomorphic mask face superimposed, the separate carved bow-shaped projection loosened at the base on the left, min. dam., minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, fissures
The object Water spirit mask with the object ID 3033136 was part of the auction 70th tribal art auction on September 8, 2012. The object with the lot number 139 achieved a sales price of EUR 2,800 with an asking price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Los Angeles 2002, p. 148 f.
Publications
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Afrikanische Kunst, München 1975, p. 150, fig. 207; Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, African Art in Private German Collections, München 1973, ill. 314
Exhibition
Kempten, Germany: "Afrikanische Kunst/African Art, An Exhibition of the Stadtsparkasse", Stadtsparkasse Kempten, March 1977