Igbo Mask - IG6 Vampires Size: 14cm D x 9cm

Size: 14cm D x 9cm H

Display this intriguing piece in your space and let the echoes of history and tradition resonate within your surroundings

Take the saucer away so the pot can drain properly in frostier months

Their skin is blue-black

Made to last for generations to come

Igbo Mask - IG6 Vampires Size: 14cm D x 9cmThe Igbo people have produced multitude of masks. Each area has its own typology of masks. The present mask seems to come from the southwestern Igbo and was probably used to entertain the community. Among the Igbo, such masks would also dance each year during the peak of the rainy season. Several south eastern Igbo groups stop regular activities for a full month to celebrate the time when water spirits descend from their homes in the clouds to dwell