Masque casque janiforme recouvert de peau · Nigéria, Cross River, Ekoi (Ejagham), Akparabong · ID: 3048542
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Provenance
Africa Museum, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands (Inv.nr. 1952)Berry de Bruijn, Breda, The Netherlands
Description
wood, hide, polychrome paint residues, nails, disc-shaped decorative elements and horn-shaped appendages worked separately.
The faces are coloured red and black, possibly representing a male and a female side and thus taking up the motif of duality.
A comparable helmet mask published by Wittmer, 1978, p. 78, ill. 184.
Littérature comparée
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978