Ibibio - Nigeria

Small oval-triangular mask with enormous painted eyes, one white and the other red, with protruding truncated cones as pupils, perforated and painted in contrast to the colors of the eyes. These eyes occupy almost the entire mask, except for an open, perforated mouth where the teeth are visible, a small nose, and a crease in the narrow forehead that frames the large eyes like eyebrows. Apart from the eyes, the rest of the mask is black.

Provenance: Medicus Mundi missionaries
Argiles Collection, Barcelona