MASQUE, MAMA, NIGERIA |

collects ion Robert Duperrier (1917-1996), Paris
collects ion Marceau Rivière, Paris, acquis ca. 1987

Paris, Ecole Supérieure Internationale d'Art et de Gestion, Art Africain, 23 avril - 3 mai 1991
Le Mans, Carré Plantagenêt, musée d'archéologie et d'histoire, Masques d'Afrique, 12 mai - 29 août 2010
Québec, Musée de la civilisation, Arts du Nigeria dans les collects ions privées françaises, 23 octobre 2012 - 21 avril 2013

Rivière et Lehuard, Art africain, 1991, n° 32
Joubert et Rivière, Masques d'Afrique, 2010, p. 47 et 91, n° 41
Lebas, Arts du Nigeria dans les collects ions privées françaises, 2012, n° 149

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Some thin cracks to the face of the mask and a larger one to the proper left side at the junction of the horns and base. The perimeter of the base shows signs of wear and chipping in places.
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