Mask
c. 1920s
Overall: 49.5 cm (19 1/2 in.)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.160
Ibibio viewers understood that this Ekpo mask with a serene face depicts a beautiful, beneficent soul. This one probably honored a young Ibibio maiden who graduated from the "fattening house," an initiation school where she was fed rich foods to strengthen and beautify her. Th...
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en
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1975.16
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