Lot Essay
See Ottenberg, S., Masked ritual of Afikpo, Seattle, 1975, p.25, fig.5, for a very similar mask. According to the author the wearer of the igri mask dances in eccentric ways, acting as if he is mad.
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NIGERIA
Details
AN AFIKPO MASK
Nigeria
Igri, the slender face with pierced rectangular eyes, three diagonal grooves to each cheek, central ridge to the rectangular forehead, painted white, black and red, the woven fibre headdress painted red and white.
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Nigeria
Igri, the slender face with pierced rectangular eyes, three diagonal grooves to each cheek, central ridge to the rectangular forehead, painted white, black and red, the woven fibre headdress painted red and white.
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Peter Wengraf, 1976