Dance crest · Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034046
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, Germany
Description
light-weighted wood, dark brown patina, black paint, small traces of red and white pigment, in shape of a female figure in a nearly seated posture, holding a calabash in each hand, strands of hair framing the face which is crowned by a cap-like headdress, carved on funnel-shaped base with drilled holes for attachment, slightly dam., minor missing parts (right leg), paint rubbed off, rep. (both forearms and the right wrist)
The object Dance crest with the object ID 3034046 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 230.
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