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Mask with articulated jaw and beard
Wood with brown patina, …
See original version (French)
210
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Mask with articulated jaw and beard
Wood with brown patina, …
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €900
Voluntary lot
Description
Mask with articulated jaw
and beard
Wood with brown patina, old internal marks of use, a few small chips from the passage of time, tip of one horn broken and glued.
Ibibio, Nigeria
39 cm high
Provenance: sale by Maîtres Lombrail & Teucquam, Paris, 19 April 2002, lot 152
This mask is associated with the Ekpo initiation society of the Ibibio, which is involved in rituals linked to the ancestors and social control. Masks with articulated jaws are designed to be animated during ceremonies, emphasising speech and the presence of the incarnated spirit. They help to transmit community rules and regulate behaviour within the group.
See original version (French)
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