Dance crest in shape of a head ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3035954

Description

wood, matt dark brown patina, the right face half originally whitened with kaolin, traces of red colour at the same place, mirror glass eyes, pieces of animal skin attached to the head, metal teeth, stud with numerous metal tags: eyes, mouth, nose and the rim of the neck enclosed by nails, slightly dam., missing parts (ears, neck), cracks, traces of insect caused damage

The object Dance crest in shape of a head with the object ID 3035954 was last part of the auction 75th tribal art auction at November 30, 2013 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 330.

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