Zemanek-Münster

Masque cérémoniel

Nigéria, Mumuye
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Provenance
Swiss Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, 24 November 2012, lot 251
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Taille
H: 86,5 cm
H: 34.1 inch

Description

wood, rep., base

This mask was first known as shoulder mask, and was renamed most recently as a “vertical mask” by Marla Berns. It was worn on the head, and the dancer could see through an opening in the middle of the front.


Littérature comparée

Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 438 ff.

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