African Art at the
Ralph Proctor Gallery"Nigerian Traditional Artifacts"
Ceremonial Mask
- country: Nigeria
- people: Ibo
- medium: wood, paint, mirrors
- size: 21" x 10" x 10"
- inventory #: rpg0880
- price: $3,600.
This is a museum-quality Mwo mask. It also represents the juxtaposing of African and European cultures. Since the figures on the superstructure include a Christian nun, it is likely that the person to whom the mask belonged was a Christian.