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| Lot# & Name: |
587. Ogoni “Elu” Mask |
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| Estimate: |
$700-$1,000 |
| Current High Bid: |
$525.00 |
| Auction Closed(Final Price) |
$525.00 |
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| Category: |
African
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| Sub Category: |
Nigeria
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| Culture or Country: |
Rivers State, Niger Delta, Nigeria.
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| Period: |
Late 19th - mid 20th century.
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| Size: |
9”H. (23cm). |
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| Description: |
Small mask with articulated jaw, carved with a distinctive headdress composed of a thick crest with a tab shaped bill or projection. The small delicate face with narrow lentoid eye openings, small nose, puckered lips, relief scarification in front of the angular ear lobes. The white painted face is dramatically contrasted with the deep black pigment having shiny resinous patina. Abraded wear along the rim, surface wear, some white pigment loss.
See a related mask with similar headdress in Sotheby’s "Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas", 21 May 2024. Lot 74.
Historically, masks were worn in ritual performances for funerals and when yams were planted and harvested. More recently they appear at Christmas and New Year celebrations and to welcome important visitors (National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., USA). |
| Provenance: |
Previously owned by The Art Institute of Chicago. Inv. no. 1990.556.2. Gift of Laurence E. Korwin. |
| Shipping Fee: |
| National: |
$52.00 |
| International: |
$115.00 (This is approximate and for Postal Service. Prices may vary, especially for private carriers such as: FEDEX, UPS and BAX).
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Ogoni “Elu” Mask
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BIDDER |
BID |
QTY |
Original Bid Time |
| 1. |
Pitcher |
$525.00 |
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9/16/2026 3:33:07 PM |
| 2. |
Tribalhouse |
$500.00 |
1 |
9/16/2026 3:32:07 PM |
| 3. |
Tribalhouse |
$450.00 |
1 |
9/16/2026 3:31:44 PM |
| 4. |
Tribalhouse |
$400.00 |
1 |
9/16/2026 3:31:27 PM |
| 5. |
Invaluable |
$350.00 |
1 |
9/10/2026 5:14:33 PM |
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