Lot: 261

89e vente aux enchères Tribal Art

Masque anthropomorphe

Nigéria, Eket

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Baron Frederic Rolin, New York, USA (1982)

H: 54,5 cm Vendu

wood, pigment, plant fibre, superstructure with Eket-typical "sun motif", crossbar for fixation

Present mask belongs to a very rare mask type which was in the possession of a prophesying society called "idiong" (compare Schädler, 2009, p. 210).


Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture, Munich 2009, p. 210 f.