Dance crest ·  Nigeria, Ibibio · ID: 3034046

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)