Water spirit mask · Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3037151
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Size
H: 77 cm
H: 30.3 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, painted black and white, fez-shaped calotte, carved with a board-shaped element, reminding of a crocodiles snout, an anthropomorphic mask face superimposed, pierced around the rim, rep. (breakage lower jaw), small missing part, fine cracks, traces of abrasion
Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 04.06.2003, Munich
Comparing literature
Anderson, Martha G., Ways of the Rivers, Los Angeles 2002, p. 148 f.