Dance crest · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3037154
sold
EUR 3,000
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, white and black paint, in form of a human head with tube-shaped eyes and rectangular mouth, horn-shaped hairdo, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, traces of abrasion, base
Expertise
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, 22.04.2003, Munich
Comparing literature
Cole, Herbert M., Invention and Tradition, Munich, London, New York 2012, p. 110, ill. 22