Zemanek-Münster

Mask "oba maoro" ·  Nigéria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3032506

Vendu 2 000 €

Description

wood, polychrome paint, of abstract form, a rectangular, open-worked forehead-nose-ridge, surmounted by a high towering head crest with triangular piercings, rep., min. dam., slight traces of abrasion, on metal base;
present mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies.


Littérature comparée

Robbins, Warren M., Ingram Nooter, Nancy, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 261, ill. 687


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