Zemanek-Münster

Mask ·  Nigéria, Ibibio · ID: 3035836

Vendu 1 500 €
Provenance
Missine Thiam, Los Angeles, USA
Antonio Fiacco, Fehraltorf/Zurich, Switzerland

Description

wood, slightly encrusted patina, polychrome paint, disc-shaped base, carved with an anthropomorphic face, the rim with triangular ornaments in bas-relief, pierced around the rim, min. dam., small missing parts, cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base;
this mask shows elements of both the Ibibio and the Eket and probably derives from the border area of both ethnic groups.


Littérature comparée

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 66, ill. 151


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