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<B>Igbo (Nigeria)</B></I><BR><I>Mgbedlike</B></I> Mask<BR>Wood, pigment<BR>Height: 32 ½ inches Width: 14 inches Depth: 16 inches<BR><BR>This magnificent combination of aggressive imagery and inevitable-seeming spiraling forms exemplifies Igbo carving at its best. “Men chosen to embody such spirits are known, as the spirit is, for strength and endurance. This task, as the Igbo put it, is 'the heavy load the community has placed on one's head'. Maskers and escorts … go out in the name of the village as a whole. Not infrequently they encounter competition from similar troupes from other villages, each vying for supremacy. These are tests of medicinal strength and the mystical powers of spirits, ancestors, and the deep forests they inhabit. The masquerades … create a spectacular display that seems to recall the collective strength of village segments marshaling, in earlier times, for war” (Herbert M. Cole and Chike C. Aniakor. <I>Igbo Arts Community and Cosmos.</B></I> Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1984, p.131). Although fiercely toothed and capped with multiple horns, the face also bears the balancing, civilizing signs of the rank-designating ichi forehead and temple striations and the representation of a forehead band of cowry shells. The crossed, Janus-fronted animals add another power source, as must also the nine small heads around the side and rear neck area. Repeated use has left abrasions and paint loss, and a number of components were broken and reglued. There is also a minor overall age crack system.<BR><BR>Provenance: Ex. East Coast collection<BR>Pace Primitive<BR> Property of a US collector<BR><BR><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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