Rare masque "otomporo"

Nigéria, Yoruba, Ekiti area

Provenance	Taille	Prix d’appel / Prix d'Estimation
Daffos & Estournel, St. Germain-en-Laye, 23 March 1997, lot 138 Private Collection, Israel	H: 46 cm	Cet objet n’est plus disponible.

wood, colour pigments, encrusted patina, rep., base

Such masks are supposedly worn by one of the seven chief hunters on the afternoon of the fourth day of the "ogun" festival.

The few known examples of this type of mask are identified widely different, as a representation of bush cow or buffalo, or as a hippopotamus.

Joubert, H., "Masque otomporo", Art du Nigeria, Collection du Musée des Arts d' Afrique et d' Océanie, p. 263, Paris, 1997 Ekpo Eyo, Two Thousand Years Nigerian Art, Lagos 1977, p. 184

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