Lot: 192

90.I Tribal Art ainsi que 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Masque cérémoniel

Nigéria, Mumuye

Provenance Taille Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Swiss Private Collection
Zemanek-Münster, 24 November 2012, lot 251
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
H: 86,5 cm Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, rep., base

This mask was first known as shoulder mask, and was renamed most recently as a "vertical mask" by Marla Berns. It was worn on the head, and the dancer could see through an opening in the middle of the front.


Berns, Marla C. et. al.; Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles 2011, p. 438 ff.