Mask Helmet Monkey Vakano
Mumuye · Nigeria
Reference: MFANT-114
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- Height
- 35 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Curious and rare mumuye mask that features an exaggeratedly elongated skull, jumping eyes and slightly crushed tubular mouth. Uniform pigmentation red tile color. These masks were…
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Full original description
Curious and rare mumuye mask that features an exaggeratedly elongated skull, jumping eyes and slightly crushed tubular mouth. Uniform pigmentation red tile color. These masks were used to honor Come on. To worship the deceased at funerals and fortune tellers to attract rain. They are protective masks that, in addition, are responsible for driving the evil spirits away from the village and the animals from the fields. They participated in the gathering parties.
Further technical information
- Width
- 17 cm
- Attributed period
- First third of the century XX
Details transcribed from the original catalogue; they are not a recent physical inspection.
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Nigeria. The country associated with the catalog is shown, not the current location of the piece.
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