Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 21st September 2023

Lot 1467

An Igbo mask mgbedike

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £700

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Description

An Igbo mask mgbedike
Western Isuama, Nigeria
with open eyes and carved teeth, with a cloth back having applied bands of seed pods, with a two tier surmount of coiled snakes, standing figures, birds, an animal, two pairs of horns and a figure mounted on a large feline, with polychrome painted decoration,
98cm high.

Provenance
Dr Laurence R. Goldman Collection.
Christie's, London, Important Tribal Art, 22 June 1993, lot 134.