Igbo-Izzi mask - Lot 90

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3000 - 5000 EUR
Igbo-Izzi mask - Lot 90
Igbo-Izzi mask Nigeria Wood H. 40 cm Provenance : - Alain Javelaud Collection This beautiful ogbodo enyi (spirit of the elephant) mask, carved in heavy wood, combines anthropomorphic and animal features: pachyderm tusks project from the end of the face (one has been previously broken off), occupied at its center by a human nose, while a trunk shoots out from the middle of the forehead. The bold, cubic volumes are punctuated by black, white and red polychrome. At the back of the skull rises a human face known as a ntekpe, which we don't know whether it's a portrait of a notable or a "spirit child".
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