Igbo Passport Mask Wood retailer Nigeria African Art 139887

PRODUCT DETAILS

+ Type of Object - Mask
+ Country of Origin - Nigeria
+ People - Igbo
+ Materials - Wood, pigment
+ Height (in) - 6
+ Width (in) - 3
+ Depth (in) - 2.5
+ Overall Condition - Good. Most of our pieces have spent decades on at least two continents, and have been treasured by several owners.   Small splits, scrapes and cracks are a normal part of their patina attesting to their age and extensive use.  We examine each piece carefully when we receive it and report any damage we find in our listings.  Please look carefully at the pictures which may also reveal condition and damage.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Additional Information: This finely carved mask comes retailer from the Igbo of Nigeria. Masks among the Igbo serve multiple and often simultaneous purposes. This well carved mask had, in the past, been painted with white and a dark pigment that through time has aged and begun to fade.

For a similar piece see Cole, H.M. and C. C. Aniakor. Igbo Arts, fig.224, p. 12



SKU: 139887