Ekpo Society Mask

Ibibio Nigeria

Date

Unknown

Medium

Ekpo Society mask with bulging forehead, sunken heavy lidded eyes, broad flattened nose with raised ridge extending from nose to side of face, broad mouth showing teeth. Geometric relief patterns carved in forehead partly obscured by patination, two scarification r idges at side of eyes. Wood, brass nails decorating forehead, one at end of nose

Dimensions

H.: 14.6 cm (5 3/4 in.)