Wooden face mask (Ekpo); zoomorphic features; black, orange, red, and white. Hieght 25 cm. This piece was purchased in Onitsha and is the kind small boys in the commercial part of time wear on Christmas holidays. Made by a carving cooperative.
Donor:
Richard N. Henderson and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Onitsha, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Onitsha; Ibikio
Culture or time period:
Ibibio
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
February 1964
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Loans:
S1969-1970 #103: Los Angeles Natural History Museum (April 2, 1970–July 21, 1971)