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Striking Large African Nigeria Tiv Tribal Mask

 

Inches:                    Height: 18.5 Inches
Centimeters:          Height: 47 Centimeters
                              Measurement Mask Only
Material:                 Wood, Pigment, Paint
Estimated Age:        Early 20th Century
Condition:              Fair
Remarks:                Highly stylized mask exaggerated features polychrome finished aged surface
Shipping:                US East Coast - Estimated $18.00
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CONDITION
Wood deterioration, chips and scrapes, large age cracks, lost of pigment, worn areas, large chips especially to back edge, overall condition fair. Thank you and please view my other items.

BACKGROUND
The Tiv came originally from Cameroon, and settled in the Benue region in Nigeria in the 17th century, affected, as most peoples were, by the intrusive and violent Muslim Fulani horsemen. The area where they settled, the small port of Makurdi, was a busy place for commerce, and the farthest point of penetration for the slave trade. At the time when the Tiv were moving into in the area, the slave trade relocated, concentrating instead on the larger populations of the Igbo and Ibibio. At some point the Tiv formed a buffer zone, forcing the smaller Idoma to move south. Though there is this well-documented written history, the Tiv prefer to believe that they originated in a mystical place called "Swem Mountian," though this region has yet to be located. The written history subsequent to the early 18th century is a complicated tale of alliances and uprisings. This is the case for many of the peoples in the Benue/Cross River region, which still today is rife with petty conflicts and political intrigue


Painter Fred Uhlman words - Most of the artists I admired, Picasso, Modigliani, Deraini, to mention only a few, had collected African art and had been profoundly influenced by it. Shortly afterwards I bought the Baule Fetish and the Baule bobbin which are still two of the finest pieces in my collection. It is easy to see why I bought them and why from that moment I have never stopped collecting. The head of the bobbin or heddle - pulley which is after all only a functional object for the purpose of weaving seemed to me then and today as beautiful as a Greek goddess. The fetish moved me as deeply as the bobbin by its silent tragic dignity and its air of profound meditation.

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