Ogoni, Nigeria: A typical mask of the Ogoni, with hinged jaw.
A mask of the Ogoni, who live in the hinterland of the Niger delta in southeastern Nigeria. The mask displays the characteristic features of the Ogoni style: it is carved from light-coloured wood and relatively small. Its face, with the small, wide, upwards curved nose, is coloured in white. Above, it wears a high, rounded and black-dyed 'towering hairstyle' (or cap?). Also its ears, the round scarification marks on both temples, the outlines of its slit eyes and the wide mouth are black. Typical for the masks of the Ogoni are the common, large hinged jaws, which allow an Ogoni mask to ‘speak’. With 15 ‘teeth’ made of wooden pegs, which were inserted in the lower jaw. The movable lower jaw is attached to the mask head at left and right by means of fibre cords. A ‘classical’ Ogoni mask, with old, partially shiny usage patina on the front and in particular on the rear edge. A small, old fracture on the forehead. Otherwise no damage. H: c. 27 cm; W: 14 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Belgian Collection.
Lit.: 'African Art in American Collections' by Robbins & Nooter, fig. 715.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
02.11.2015 - 14:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,125.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 600.-
Ogoni, Nigeria: A typical mask of the Ogoni, with hinged jaw.
A mask of the Ogoni, who live in the hinterland of the Niger delta in southeastern Nigeria. The mask displays the characteristic features of the Ogoni style: it is carved from light-coloured wood and relatively small. Its face, with the small, wide, upwards curved nose, is coloured in white. Above, it wears a high, rounded and black-dyed 'towering hairstyle' (or cap?). Also its ears, the round scarification marks on both temples, the outlines of its slit eyes and the wide mouth are black. Typical for the masks of the Ogoni are the common, large hinged jaws, which allow an Ogoni mask to ‘speak’. With 15 ‘teeth’ made of wooden pegs, which were inserted in the lower jaw. The movable lower jaw is attached to the mask head at left and right by means of fibre cords. A ‘classical’ Ogoni mask, with old, partially shiny usage patina on the front and in particular on the rear edge. A small, old fracture on the forehead. Otherwise no damage. H: c. 27 cm; W: 14 cm. First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance: Belgian Collection.
Lit.: 'African Art in American Collections' by Robbins & Nooter, fig. 715.
Specialist: Erwin Melchardt
Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Tribal Art |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 02.11.2015 - 14:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | 28.10. - 02.11.2015 |
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