Mid-20th C. African Igbo Wooden Mask - Okoroshi Ojo
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Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask in the Okoroshi Ojo style with a blocky nose, petite eyes, and a slender mouth with bared teeth. Cupped ears frame the brown-painted visage, with a slender vertical bar running the height of the forehead, and lobed braids of hair hanging on either side. Okoroshi Ojo masks are non-white-faced masks meant to represent malevolent male water spirits; they are worn during the six-month rainy season and represent the evil and masculine nature of the more-destructive tendencies of both the rains and society as a whole. Size: 9" H (22.9 cm).
Provenance: ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA acquired prior to 1970
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#130746
Western Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. mid 20th century CE. A hand-carved wooden mask in the Okoroshi Ojo style with a blocky nose, petite eyes, and a slender mouth with bared teeth. Cupped ears frame the brown-painted visage, with a slender vertical bar running the height of the forehead, and lobed braids of hair hanging on either side. Okoroshi Ojo masks are non-white-faced masks meant to represent malevolent male water spirits; they are worn during the six-month rainy season and represent the evil and masculine nature of the more-destructive tendencies of both the rains and society as a whole. Size: 9" H (22.9 cm).
Provenance: ex-Adeon Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA acquired prior to 1970
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#130746
Condition
Age-commensurate surface wear, fading to pigmentation, small losses to coiffure, ears, nose, chin, and brow, and peripheries, otherwise very good.
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Mid-20th C. African Igbo Wooden Mask - Okoroshi Ojo
Estimate $250 - $350
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