Lot Essay
Ottenberg (1975, pp. 36, 37) illustrates a similar mask on Pl.5 and describes how it is danced with another mask of similar, but more elongated, form which is the senior leader in the okumkpa plays
NNADE OKUMKPA, "JUNIOR LEADER'S MASK"
Details
Two Afikpo masks
Nnade okumkpa, "junior leader's mask"
Each with pierced circular mouth and pierced hooded eyes, each with black, white and brown pigments about the face, one showing signs of exceptional age with thick encrusted surface
8¾in. (22cm.) and 9in. (23cm.) high (2)
Nnade okumkpa, "junior leader's mask"
Each with pierced circular mouth and pierced hooded eyes, each with black, white and brown pigments about the face, one showing signs of exceptional age with thick encrusted surface
8¾in. (22cm.) and 9in. (23cm.) high (2)