Sickness mask · Nigéria, Igbo · ID: 3034398
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Provenance
Engels, Liberia/AustraliaUdo Petry, Hohnhorst, Germany
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, clay-like coating in some areas, bulging forehead, dislocated facial features, a mouth with tusk-like teeth (missing on the left), slightly dam., minor missing parts (upper lip, rim on the back), cracks;
various ethnical groups produced sickness masks, for example the Ibibio, the Yoruba and the West-Pende. Aside of “gangosa pharyngitis” above all facial paralysis is depicted.