Masque "mma ji" pour le culte de l'igname · Nigéria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3047120
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Provenance
Heinrich Siemers, Bayreuth, Germany (coll.1969/70 in Cameroon)Description
wood, pigments, plant fibre, cord, base
The upright projection on this mask represents a yam-cutting knife “mma ji”, which gave the mask its name.
Accordingly, the masks appear, among others, at dances of the “ikwum” society, performed to thank ancestors for the strength given to men to cultivate fields.