Masque facial anthropomorphe "mfon ekpo" · Nigéria, Ibibio · ID: 3045416
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Provenance
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, lot 109Jan Visser, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2000)
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Description
wood, base
Among the masquerades of the “ekpo” society exists a number of quite different types of masks, which may be separated in two groups: the “ugly ghost” masks, “idiok”, which represent restless spirits, and the “mfon” masks which represent those spirits who have already reached paradise.
Publications
AHDRC: 0092178