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Mask

MOA: University of British Columbia

3326/5

Bini mask carved of wood. A woman's face with a small nose, small mouth, and large almond-shaped eyes with angled cutouts beneath. She wears a headdress with a small figure front and centre with a small tray directly behind them, and then another anthropomorphic figure extending up over the tray. The eyes, mouth and tray are coloured white with chalk. On either side of the central figure are carved decorations, and attached jar-like ornaments.

  • History Of Use

    Said by collector to be used in an ancestor worship festival, representing the mother figure.

  • Narrative

    Collected by Lieber in Akannu, a village in Umuahia Province, Bende division. Lieber was living in Nigeria from 1965-1970, lecturing at the University of Ibadan under the auspices of CIDA.

  • Type of Item mask
  • Culture Igbo
  • Material paint, wood, chalk stone, metal
  • Measurements height 36.0 cm, width 19.0 cm, depth 18.0 cm (overall)
  • Previous Owner Jack Lieber, Iris Lieber
  • Received from Iris Lieber
  • Made in Nigeria
  • Collection Date between 1965 and 1970
  • Ownership Date before 2015, before June 18, 2018
  • Acquisition Date on June 18, 2018
  • Condition poor
  • Accession Number 3326/0005

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