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egongun mask

Currency:CAD Category:Everything Else / Other Start Price:NA Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 CAD
egongun mask
Yoruba, Nigeria. Egongun means ÒbonesÓ, referring to the dancers' belief that they are possessed by the spirit of the deceased when they wear the mask, which is used to bring good fortune or punish the guilty. With wide flaring neck, painted white eyes and lozenge-shaped scarification on cheeks.
Provenance: D & J Ritchie Ltd., Sale #233, Lot #699.
Height 34.2 cm. (13 1/2 in.).