Starter Mask
Igbo · Nigeria
Reference: MFANT-201
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- Height
- 36 cm
- Material
- Wood and pigments.
Mask whose face bears a great resemblance to the masks agbogho mmwo, mask of young female spirits as its name indicates. The masks agboghoThis red mask…
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Full original description
Mask whose face bears a great resemblance to the masks agbogho mmwo, mask of young female spirits as its name indicates. The masks agboghoThis red mask is a mask of the living, a mask of initiation. Its color is obtained from the kola nut or tukula, very similar tones, in some amalgam with some other substance or vegetable resin to get its fixation on the wood. He wears a black headdress, as well as eyebrows, ears and facial scarification, separated from his forehead by a striped strip painted with indigo.
Further technical information
- Width
- 25 cm
- Attributed period
- Mid-century XX or earlier.
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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