Anthropomorphic figure · Nigeria, Ibibio / Eket · ID: 3046403
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Peter Willborg, Stockholm, Sweden (2006)Size
H: 17 cm
H: 6.7 inch
Description
wood, encrusted patina, base
According to a personal note by Peter Willborg, this object comes from the court of Fon Abou Aboubakar Njimongna.
It was probably once part of a headdress. The drill hole at the rear end was used for attachment. The figure is shown sitting (legs missing).
For a work by the same artist from the Itzikovitz Collection, see AHDRC 0146496; another object of the same subject under AHDRC 0091690.