African Art at the
Ralph Proctor Gallery"Nigerian Traditional Artifacts"
Ceremonial Mask
- country: Nigeria
- people: Ibo
- medium: wood, paint
- size: 17: x 10" x 10"
- inventory #: rpg9623
- price: $1,800.
This highly unsual mask has four faces -- two light, representing femininity, and two dark, representing masculinity. Thus, the recognition that we are all part male, part female. This mask is museum-quality. It was used by the male secret society in initiations, funerals, and society meetings.