Facial Mask

Igbo · Nigeria

Reference: MFANT-158

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Height
29 cm
Material
Wood

Facial mask that participates in the initiation of adolescents and funeral ceremonies. Numerous scarifications, a semicircular in the center of the forehead and on each side…

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Facial mask that participates in the initiation of adolescents and funeral ceremonies. Numerous scarifications, a semicircular in the center of the forehead and on each side a rectanegular scarification with the angled angles. On central scarification are raised two linear scarifications with two parallel lines each, forming a "V". The same type of scarification, but in reverse, appears in the lateral scarifications. On each side of the nose, in the form of an equilateral triangle, there is a scarification in the form of an ellipse truncated to the height of the eyes formed by a rosary of small circular scarifications in papal with a linear scarification and in whose center appear six small rectangular scarifications. The fish-shaped mouth, with apparent teeth, lips that hug the mouth draw the figure of a landscaped rhombus. Time skate.

Further technical information
Width
20 cm
Attributed period
Mid-century XX

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