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This is the rating and price for Anthropo- / Zoomorphic Face Mask Ikiok Ekpo, 1997



Description : wood, black encrusted patina, plant fibre, base The ekpo society was the most important Ibibio political association. In the absence of a centralized political state, ekpo regulated social, political, and economic matters during precolonial times, and masquerades ensured law and order and active communication with ancestral spirits. The masks show a contrastive aesthetics of beauty and ugliness. Artists use asymmetry and disproportion in their mask-making to recreate and comment upon the incongruities and contradictions of human existance, while symmetry and elegance convey ideas about morality and essential goodness. The so-called beauty beast model served to instil fear and awe in people and to invoke the threat of force and authority necessary to maintain order. Published In: Roberts, Mary Nooter & Roberts, Allen F., A Sense of Wonder, African Art from the Faletti Family Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, 1997, p.103, cat. (46b) AHDRC: 0124065 Continent: Africa
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About the lot N° 202
Title : Anthropo- / Zoomorphic Face Mask Ikiok Ekpo, Period : 1997
Size : H: 47 cm, H: 18,5 inch
Provenance : Richard Joseph Faletti, Chicago, USA (1997) - donated in 2006 The Art Institute of Chicago, USA, (Inv.12006.112) Christie's, Paris, 19 June 2013, Lot 65 Faletti (1922-2006) was a Chicago-based lawyer who became fascinated by African after after a business trip to the continent. As noted by R. Townsend, With scholary zeal and the reasoned approach of a corporate attomey, Mr. Faletti became a respected collector of African art. He was a member of the advisory committee of Townsend's department at the Art Institute and a trustee of museums, including the Heard Museum in Phoenix.
Condition report : See description
Zemanek-Muenster, auctioneer, Würzburg, DE It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : 98 Auction - Africa, Oceania, Japan
Sale date : 26 Mar 2022 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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