Anthropomorphic mask · Nigeria, Bini · ID: 3041251
sold
EUR 1,200
Provenance
Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (coll. 1956)Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
light wood, whitened with kaolin, red and black pigment, small traces of indigo blue, the face framed by raised band, diadem-shaped headdress, separately carved ear-like projections, round ornaments from mirror glass, slightly dam. (forehead), slightly stained;
Himmelheber pointed out, that this mask remotely reminds of the style of the bronze heads of Benin. The “visor”-like framing might be a carved version of the glass bead collars.
Comparing literature
Himmelheber, Hans, Negerkunst und Negerkünstler, Würzburg 1960, p. 270 f.