Zemanek-Münster

Dance crest in shape of a human head

Nigeria, Boki
sold EUR 1,600
Size
H: 43,5 cm
H: 17.1 inch

Description

wood, remains of pigments, covered with animal skin, eyes and mouth left free, seperately carved teeth, coiffure in three lobes staggered behind one another, hairline marked by small wooden plugs, dam., missing parts through insect caused damage, slight traces of abrasion, base


Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 79, ill. 185

Publications

Bomann-Museum (Hg.), Afrikanische Kunst, Sammlung Robert Lewitzki, Celle 2012, p. 34

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