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