Mask, wooden, used by Ikpo Secret Society in Calabar

Made:
1701-1932 in Calabar

Mask, wooden, used by Ekpo Secret Society in Calabar, Nigeria, 18th to 20th centuries

Details

Category:
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A114521
Materials:
wood
Measurements:
height 305 mm
length 120 mm
width 185 mm
type:
mask
credit:
Sotheby's

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