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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 13, 2023 | Bonhams | New York | African and Oceanic Art | 54 | $****** - ****** | Superb Ibibio Mask, Nigeria |
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54.6 cm (21.5 in)
Wood with matt, dark patina
Jay C. Leff Collection, Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22 April 1967, Lot 79
Stanley Lederman Collection, New York
Thence by descent
Exhibited
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations - Collection of Jay C. Leff , 15 October 1959 - 3 January 1960
This painstakingly carved depiction of a female with a superimposed head on top mirroring the features with gracefully arched coiffure parted down the middle and taken up in twisted braids, lowered eyelids, rounded nostrils and full lips. William Fagg notes, "Often tresses hang from four equi-distant points around the head in apparent imitation of a Victorian hairstyle which could only have been learned from missionary ladies or from magazines." ( African Tribal Images: The Katherine White Reswick Collection , The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968, Pl. 159)
Superb Ibibio Mask, Nigeria
mfon ekpo
Wood with matt, dark patina
Height 21 1/2in (54.5cm)
