Masque ·  Nigéria, Urhobo · ID: 3042875

Description

wood, kaolin, black paint, encrusted in some areas, abundant scarification marks, small horns, min. dam., paint rubbed off in parts, base.
This mask type is used in ceremonies honouring the water spirit “ohworhu”, common to the southern Urhobo communities. “Ohworhu” is celebrated once in a decade.

Littérature comparée

Foss, Perkins (ed.), Where Gods and Mortals Meet, New York 2004, p. 115, ill. 65