Rare panneau de masques de la société "ekpo ·  Nigéria, Eket · ID: 3048910

Description

wood, pigment residues, strongly encrusted surface structure,

This panel is characterised by its unusual size. It is carved with a pair of human figures in half relief and four circular raised decorative elements.

The largest, at the bottom, bears a masked face with openwork eyes in the centre. The back of the board is concave - probably intended to give the dancer’s head space and visibility. Wooden sticks attached to the back are the remains of a framework that was originally used for attachment.

In Neyts’ standard work on Eket art, a number of mask panels are illustrated, often in three parts, but always of smaller dimensions. Only one panel published by Lebas (Lebas, 2012, cat. 60) is comparable in size. Here we also find a round mask from the Develon Collection (Lebas, 2012, cat. 62), which shows the same motif of the circular raised and recessed decorative element with carved mask face.

L’objet Rare panneau de masques de la société “ekpo avec l’ID d’objet 3048910 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères 98e vente aux enchères dans 26 mars 2022 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 201 a atteint un prix de vente de 6 500 €.

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Littérature comparée

Lebas, Alain (ed.), Arts of Nigeria in French Private Collections, Milan 2012, cat. 60

Publications

Claes, Patric Didier with François Neyt, "Nigerian Primitivism", Brussels 2007, p. 12, ill. 2; van de Velde, Lucien, "South East Nigeria, Lower Niger. Benue. Cross River", Antwerp 2009

AHDRC: 0090376

Exposition

Paris, France: "KAOS-Parcours des Mondes", 12-16 September 2007; Antwerp, Belgium: "South-East Nigeria. Lower Niger. Benue. Cross River", Lucien Van de Velde, 10-11 October 2009