"Ugly" Mask - Igbo People - Nigeria

Price: $950.00


 


With their many masks, the Igbo practice the notion of complementarity, opposing beauty to bestiality, the feminine to the masculine, black to white. Masks such as this one evoke quintessential ugliness and stand in sharp contrast to idealized maidenly beauty. Their dark, often rough and distorted faces express brute force and violence.

9.5"H x 6.25" w x 3.75"D

NOTE: stand not included