Description
Mask agbo-gho mmuo Igbo, Nigeria. Half-hard wood, pigments. (Accidents). Height : 21 cm Face with naturalistic features distinguished by the richness of its polychrome decoration. It represents the "spirit of a young girl", agbo-gho mmuo. These masks are worn by young men for harvest festivals and every year during ceremonies in honour of the spirit of the earth, ane (in Masques africains - L'autre visage de la collection Barbier Mueller, éditions Adam Biro, Paris, 1997, p. 266, fig. 164). 78
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Mask agbo-gho mmuo Igbo, Nigeria. Half-hard wood, pigments. (Accidents). Height : 21 cm Face with naturalistic features distinguished by the richness of its polychrome decoration. It represents the "spirit of a young girl", agbo-gho mmuo. These masks are worn by young men for harvest festivals and every year during ceremonies in honour of the spirit of the earth, ane (in Masques africains - L'autre visage de la collection Barbier Mueller, éditions Adam Biro, Paris, 1997, p. 266, fig. 164). 78
