NIGERIA

Details

MASQUE IBIBIO
IBIBIO MASK
Nigeria
Hauteur: 21.6 cm. (8 ½ in.)

Provenance

Dr. Jeffery Hammer et Deborah Stokes, Chicago
Offert par ces derniers à l'Art Institute of Chicago en 1985 (inv. 1985.984)

Special notice

" f " : In addition to the regular Buyer’s premium, a commission of 7% (i.e. 7.385% inclusive of VAT for books, 8.372% inclusive of VAT for the other lots) of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer. It will be refunded to the Buyer upon proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the legal time limit.(Please refer to section VAT refunds)

Further details

The two Ibibio masks on offer from the Art Institute of Chicago demonstrate the dichotomy of life as portrayed in the masks worn for the important Ekpo society. In the offered Hammer mask, we see the elegant face and ideas associated with beauty in the slightly parted lips about to speak and the downcast eyes - intelligence, order, control.
Cf. Van Kooten (Toos) and van den Heuvel (Gerard), eds., Sculpture from Africa and Oceania, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller: Otterlo, 1990, Cat.no.35, for a closely related mask formerly in the Van de Velde Collection.

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Lot Essay

Les deux masques Ibibio proposés par l'Art Institute of Chicago symbolisent la dichotomie de l'existence, telle qu'elle apparaît sur les masque portés par l'importante société ekpo. Sur le masque Hammer, on remarque un visage élégant évoquant une idée associée à l'intelligence, l'ordre, le contrôle, des lèvres entre-ouvertes, semblant sur le point de parler, et des yeux mi-clos.
Cf. Van Kooten (Toos) and van den Heuvel (Gerard), eds., Sculpture from Africa and Oceania, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterlo, 1990, cat.no.35, pour un masque très proche de la collection Van de Velde.

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