09-06-201409-06-2014
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2745BBoston
September 6, 2014 10:00 AMCalender
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Three Polychrome Carved Wood Ibibio Face Masks

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$861$700
Auction: American Indian & Ethnographic Arts - 2745BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 06, 2014 10:00AM

Description:

Three Polychrome Carved Wood Ibibio Face Masks, Nigeria, an Anang owl mask, one with a kneeling military man, and one with a man holding a snake, ht. to 21 in.

Exhibitions: Free Library Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2011: More Than A Pretty Face: Masks from West and Central Africa from the Rosen Collection.

Literature: Published in Masks from West and Central Africa: A Celebration of Color and Form (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2013).
Estimate $400-600


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Keywords

Central Africa, West Africa, Nigeria, Free Library Gallery, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.