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Igbo Maiden Mask with Mirrors
Appears to be a smaller, abbreviated version of the full-size and more elaborate Igbo maiden masks, which represent feminine beauty. This is an old, well-used mask. Smaller size and lesser detail may indicate it was performed by a lower age group than the full maiden masks. The dancer’s eye slits are concealed within deep facial scarifications. This mask was part of a cache of African wood carvings found in the rear of a Manhattan warehouse locker, where all the objects were wrapped in newspaper dated June 16, 1974. Other items in these boxes were similarly from southern Nigeria, areas caught up in the Biafran Civil War, 1967-1970. Ex Sidney and Gae Berman.
13.5″
