Description : Mask oba maoro add to watchlistVillage: Anaku, Benue State wood, remains of polychrome paint, of oval hollowed form, elongated pierced eyes are flanking a partly open-worked forehead-nose-ridge with horizontal incisions, surmounted by a high appendage with triangular piercings, pierced around the rim, fissures, slight signs of abrasion, on metal base, this mask was used in context of jurisdictional ceremonies. H: 56 cm, (4872/002) Provenance collected in situ June 1976 Published in Eisenhofer, Stefan (Hg.), Kulte, Künstler, Könige in Afrika - Tradition und Moderne in Südnigeria, Linz 1997, p. 339 Literature Cole, Herbert M./Aniakor, Chike C., Igbo Arts, Community and Cosmos, Los Angeles 1984, p. 115, ill. 215 Robbins, Warren M., Ingram Nooter, Nancy, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 261, ill. 687
Prix: 0.00 USD🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
Estimations(basse-haute) : 1900 EUR-2900 EUR🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire.
À propos du lot
n° 214 Titre : Tribal Art, PÉRIODE : 1989 Zemanek-Muenster, Salle de vente
, Würzburg, DE🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : 56th Tribal Art Auction Date de la vente : 14/03/2009🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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