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Historical main catalogue: Mask with movable lower jaw. 2 intersecting horns at the top. Painted black, red, white. Attached a piece of coarse[?] raffia fabric and a hanging of raffia fibres. Mask 41 cm long. Old Calabar.

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Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Ibibio
Object type
Mask
Dimensions
Height: 78 cm
Width: 43 cm
Depth: 16 cm
Weight: 1,4 kg
Height: 83 cm
Width: 42 cm
Material/Technique
Wood, Plant fibre
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 30444

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Nigeria
    Old Calabar (Alt-Calabar/Kalabar)
    who
    Ibibio
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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