Mask "omewuoha"
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Timed Online Auction: Collector's Item SaleMask "omewuoha"
Nigeria, Igbo
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Wolfgang Klein, Vienna, Austria | H: 9.8 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, base
"Omewuoha" means "jealousy" and belongs to the dark maskers "okoroshi ojo". They are accompanied by "okoroshi oma", the "beautiful spirits" with white faces and costume.
Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 180, ill. 32 c