Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask "mgbedike" - Nigeria, Igbo
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This remarkable "Time of the Brave" ("mgbedike") mask has menacing teeth and horns. Worn with a costume hung with quills, grasses, and seedpod rattles, the mask embodies a wilderness spirit that is aggressive, brash, powerful, and stubborn.
H: 35,5 cm, H: 14,0 inch
Provenance:
Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz, New York, USA / Belgium
Private Collection, New York City, USA
AHDRC: 0204134
Lit.: Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 131 ff.
Continent: Africa
This remarkable "Time of the Brave" ("mgbedike") mask has menacing teeth and horns. Worn with a costume hung with quills, grasses, and seedpod rattles, the mask embodies a wilderness spirit that is aggressive, brash, powerful, and stubborn.
H: 35,5 cm, H: 14,0 inch
Provenance:
Marie-Eliane d'Udekem d'Acoz, New York, USA / Belgium
Private Collection, New York City, USA
AHDRC: 0204134
Lit.: Cole, Herbert M. & Chike C. Aniakor, Igbo Arts, Los Angeles 1984, p. 131 ff.
Continent: Africa
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Anthropo-zoomorphic helmet mask "mgbedike" - Nigeria, Igbo
Estimate €1,500 - €3,000
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