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Masque facial anthropomorphe "acali" ·  Nigéria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3049968

Vendu 350 €
Provenance
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany
Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany (1992)
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany

Description

wood, pigments, base

According to Ottenberg, “acali” is often the first mask worn by a young initiate at his initiation into the secret society. Sometimes they are also worn by the older “okumkpa” - mask figure.


Littérature comparée

Ottenberg, Simon, Masked ritual of Afikpo, Washington 1975, p. 16 f.


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