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THBEarly 20th C. Nigeria Igbo Wooden Spirit Mask
Lot 186
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Artemis Fine Arts
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Fine Arts
Feb 4, 2021
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2021-02-04 10:00:00
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Featuring discounted pricing on Asian art, classical antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Italy, and the Near East...plus Pre-Columbian, Tribal, Russian Icons, Spanish Colonial, Fine Art, more! Starting prices have been reduced up to 65% from original auction prices - perfect for dealers and collectors! Artemis Fine Arts info@artemisfinearts.com
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**First Time At Auction**
West Africa, Nigeria, Igbo peoples, ca. early 20th century CE. A fine carved-wood spirit mask of ovoid form exhibiting a tall forehead, slitted eyes under a high brow, a flat nose, and a full-lipped mouth. Enveloped in a creamy hue of organic white paint, the visage's open lips form a circle, making the spirit mask appear as if it is letting out the typical "ooooh" moan of a ghost. Two decorative striations are incised on the forehead, pointing inward and slanting down. A row of drill holes lines the periphery of the vizard, allowing it to be strapped to the face of its wearer. The Igbo use masks as incarnated spirits of the dead; this is why they are painted white, which is the color of the spirit. Masked dancers would wear elaborate costumes, sometimes covered with mirrors, and would don the masks and costumes so that their true identities disappeared, subsumed by the spirit they inhabited. Masks like this one often appear in pairs - one representing a boy dressed as a girl, and one representing the girl whom he is satirizing. Size: 5.25" W x 9" H (13.3 cm x 22.9 cm)
Provenance: ex-old Chicago, Illinois, USA private collection, collected prior to 1970
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#151216Expected surface wear commensurate with age. Otherwise, intact and excellent with liberal remains of pigment.Condition
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