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An African gourd and raffia mask with vertical slits and painted black and white vertical bands. Attached to the mask is a rectangular fiber element painted in yellow, white, and black. The round fiber finial element and looped fiber extensions gives the mask an anthropomorphic character. Nigeria, Afikpo. 20th century. 27"h.
Condition: Very good with some surface loss
Provenance: Private Midwest Collector Catalog Notes: From a previous, Private Alabama collection These masks are for circumcision ceremonies and men's secret societies concerned with warfare and with the invocation of the spirits.
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