Mask "oba maoro" ·  Nigéria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3038442

Description

wood, dark brown patina, remains of pigments, of abstract form, a rectangular, open-worked forehead-nose-ridge flanked by elongated open worked slit eyes, surmounted by a high towering head crest with triangular piercings, pierced around the rim, min. dam., missing parts (back), slight traces of abrasion, base;
this mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies.

Littérature comparée

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