Lot n° 77
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
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: 3 200EUR
Mask agbo-gho mmuo Igbo, Nigeria.
Half-hard... - Lot 77 - Beaussant Lefèvre & Associés
Mask agbo-gho mmuo Igbo, Nigeria.
Half-hard wood, pigments.
(Accidents).
Height : 21 cm
Face with naturalistic features distinguished by the richness of its polychrome decoration.
It represents the "spirit of a young girl", agbo-gho mmuo.
These masks are worn by young men for harvest festivals and every year during ceremonies in honour of the spirit of the earth, ane (in Masques africains - L'autre visage de la collection Barbier Mueller, éditions Adam
Biro, Paris, 1997, p. 266, fig. 164).
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