mask
- Museum number
- Af1950,45.227
- Description
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Wooden dance mask in the form of a stylised human face of sub-rectangular form with some cloth, natural greyish colour with some white pigment [Sekiapu mask]
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.90 centimetres
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Width: 10.60 centimetres
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Depth: 7.60 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Note from W R G Horton, 1955: "Kalabari Ijo. Owu mask, called Igu, of the Sekiapu Society. The Igu masker is characterised by great cunning in luring and catching spectators during his 'plays'."
ADDED NOTE BY W B FAGG: "Another similar is in the Webster Plass collection now in Roy Sieber collection, Iowa City."
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1950
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1950,45.227