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

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

The object Dance crest in shape of a human head with the object ID 3040510 was last part of the auction 83rd Tribal Art Auction at May 28, 2016 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 245 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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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