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Lot 53
98th Auction

Anthropomorphic headdress

Nigeria, Idoma / Igbo
sold EUR 5,000
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 24 June1992, Lot 182
Lance Entwistle, London, Great Britain (Label “J 54”)
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 14 March 2009, Lot 224 (catalogue cover)
Werner Zintl, Worms, Germany
Size
H: 40 cm
H: 15.7 inch

Description

wood, kaolin, black paint, plant fibre, blackish mass, metal, indigenous repair (with animal skin), bells partly replaced, base

This head sculpture impresses with its unusual size and weight. It is made of one solid block. Facial features and scarification marks are highlighted with black paint so that they stand out effectively against the white coloured facial plane. A play of colours that heightens the expressiveness of the head.

A stylistically and dimensionally comparable object, ex Charles Benenson Collection, is kept in the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven since 2006 (Inv. no. 2006.51.146). See Lamp, 2009, p. 148 (also AHDRC 0092660).

Comparing literature

Lamp, Frederick, African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven 2009, p. 148, Inv. no. 2006.51.146

Publications

Zemanek-Münster, "Tribal Art", Würzburg, January 2010 (promotional book of best pieces sold)

AHDRC: 0095122

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