Description : Igbo Mask
Nigeria
Leather and vegetal fibers - 37 cm
Provenance:
Helen and Mace Neufeld collection, Los Angeles
Private collection, Belgium
Exhibited:
Los Angeles, The Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery, University of California, October 9 - November 5, 1984, New York, The Center for African Art, March 12 - June 16 1985, Washington D.C., The National Museum of African Art, July 31 - October 13, 1985, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, January 5 - March 2, 1986, Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos, cat.256
Published:
Cole and Aniakor, Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos, Los Angeles, 1984, p.146, ill.256
Larson, 1986, fig. 103 (ill.)
An unusual Ezzamgbo mask made from animal skin (without a wooden armature) with a fiber coiffure may relate to skin-covered masks of the Cross River region.
Bonnie E. Weston, Northeastern Region, in Igbo Arts. Community and Cosmos, 1985
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About the lot N° 56 Title : Igbo Mask, Period : 1984 Size : 37 cm Native, auctioneer, Bruxelles, BEIt's free to register now to view! Sale title : TRIBAL ART, MODERN ART AND 20TH CENTURY FURNITURE Sale date : 11 Dec 2021It's free to register now to view! Sale Reference : Live Sale
