Small mask · Nigéria, Yoruba · ID: 3033573
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Provenance
Mama Adamou, Lome, TogoGerman Private Collection (acquired between 1969-1971)
Description
copper alloy with patina, elongated face with forehead scarifications, elaborate headgear, two eyelets for attachment, min. dam., slight traces of corrosion, on base;
such masks were sewn on the clothes of dignitaries.
Littérature comparée
Dobbelmann, Th.A.H.M., Der Ogboni-Geheimbund, Berg en Dal 1976, ill. 146 Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika, Linz 1997, p. 164, ill. 156