African & Oceanic Art | Antiquities - 8th June 2021
Lot 290
An Ibibio mask idiok ekpo
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £30000
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Description
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.