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

Lot 1570

An Ibibio mask idiok ekpo

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £100

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Description

An Ibibio mask idiok ekpo
Nigeria
with a double horn crest, keloids and an articulated jaw, with a black stain,
30.5cm high,
and a Mambila mask, with painted decoration, with a collection label Mambila tribe - Mask - Donga Valley - Colomewa. Present from Rev P. Gebeuer - Sept 1947, 36cm high. (2)

Provenance
Acquired in Africa in the late 1940s.