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Face mask
Such wooden masks were worn in front of the face, which was the purpose of the fastening eyelets around their edge and the slits for eyesight. They do not belong to the urban-court context, but to a village context, where they were used by the Ekpo men's society, which spread beyond the borders of the kingdom into neighboring ethnic groups. Depicted is a stylized human face (according to the hairstyle a woman), with calm, unmoving facial features in perfect lateral symmetry. The stands for order and harmony, the immobility for calm, serenity, patience, moderation, "coolness" - that is, the spiritual state of the ancestors as a social ideal. Text: Dietmar Neitzke.
- Data Provider
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde Show original at data provider
Cataloguing data
- Cultural attribution
- Edo
- Object type
- Face mask
- Dimensions
- Height: 30 cm
- Material/Technique
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Wood, Colour
carved, Notched decor, Fire painting, painted
- Current location
- Linden-Museum Stuttgart
- Inventory number
- F 56046
Provenance and sources
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Assignment to a curated holding:
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Production
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when
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20th century
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Change of physical control or legal title
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where
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Nigeria
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Change of physical control
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when
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16.01.2009
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- Provenance
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Lilienne Haaf gave numerous objects to the Linden Museum after the death of her husband Ernst Haaf. They had collected these during their long time together in various African countries. Among them was this object from Benin. Text: Markus Himmelsbach.
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- Legal status metadata
- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED
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