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Dimitri André

Owner : Essentiel Gallery, African art.    

Very beautiful ancient Idoma mask with a two-colour process in black and white.   The forehead, vertically divided by an ethnic cheloid, is bulging above the little holes pierced in rectangles, like the shape of the prominent lips.  The nose is finely designed.  The whole is combed in a summit crest.  This piece presents the wear due to the age, as well as damages caused by xylophagous insects, which were now stopped. 

The Idoma live on the confluence of the Niger and Benue Rivers.  Reaching the number of 500.000 individuals, they are farmers and merchants.  We can note Igbo influences in the art and customs of the Igbo of Cross River and the Igala, it is often difficult to distinguish them from their neighbours.   
40 x 20 cm
0,510 kilograms. 

Sold with a certificate of authenticity. 

All of our pieces are ancient and were used, therefore, it is common to find missing parts, cracks and other traces of wear, or even native repairs, as presented on the pictures.

Middle of the 20th century

Idoma mask

African & Tribal Art

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