Zemanek-Münster

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


The object Dance crest with the object ID 3037154 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 299 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.

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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


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