Masque de déformation "idiok ekpo" ·  Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3049524

Description

wood, pigments, animal hair, sheet metal,

During mask performances of the “ekpo” society, reincarnated ancestors who were immoral, agitated and wayward are represented in masks called “idiok ekpo”, whose moral ugliness is indicated through the dark surfaces and disfigurations from diseases like “gangosa”, facial paralysis or leprosy.