Azigho Mask of the Bini

Price: 2.500 €    
 
Many art objects of the Bini people are similar to pieces from the Yoruba or Benin people. However the Bini masks are of a very autonomous shape. This very typical Azigho mask is part of the collection of Boris Kegel-Konieztko collected by his mother in the 1950s; it representates an antelope.

Masks like this are used within the rituals of the secret Ekpo-Society in order to protect the people against illness.

Comes incl. original collectors etiquette, catalogue number and signs of use.

Info-Link: Boris Kegel-Konietzko «
Owner: Boris Kegel-Konietzko
Origin: Nigeria
Ethnicity: Bini
Material: wood, pigment, ultramarine, Colour
Size: 33 cm
Age: before 1945
Damaged: No
Restored: No
Location: Hamburg
Object-No.: KK54
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Azigho Mask of the Bini
Azigho Mask of the Bini
Azigho Mask of the Bini