Dance crest in shape of a human head · Nigeria, Boki · ID: 3040510
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