Big anthropomorphic mask ·  Nigeria, Idoma/Igala · ID: 3036095

Description

wood, black paint, the crest flanked by five horns in rows on either side, horns partly wrapped with fabric, the forehead carved with small emblems of calabashes on each side, raised scarifications on the temples, diagonal skin scarifications on the cheeks, slightly dam., two horns broken off, tips seem to be rep. in parts, missing parts through insect caused damage, base

Expertise

Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 01.05.2003, Munich, Germany

Littérature comparée

Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, ill. 116