Mask "idiok ekpo"
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77th tribal art auctionMask "idiok ekpo"
Nigeria, Ibibio
Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
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Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland | H: 14.6 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, crowned by a human skull, plant fibre bonnet, crossbar for fixing the mask with the teeth, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and insect caused damage
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 73, ill. 175