An Ibibio mask idiok ekpo

An Ibibio mask idiok ekpo

Nigeria

painted black with an articulated jaw having painted white teeth, deep eyelids and keloids to the temples and forehead, with a band above having remains of a white ground and yellow pigment, late 19th century / early 20th century,

25.5cm high.

Provenance

Peter Mactaggart (1931 - 2020)

Peter's family ran an Antiques shop in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, UK, from the late 1940's to the early 1970's.

cf. The British Museum, London, Af1899,0417.1, for a mask from the same group acquired in 1899.