Dance crest in shape of a human head ·  Nigeria, Boki · ID: 3042104

Description

wood, covered with animal skin, eyes and mouth left free, facial scarifications, coiffure of small wooden plugs (some missing), surmounted by a pair of horns and animal hair, rising from wickerwork base, min. dam., cracks, small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion

The object Dance crest in shape of a human head with the object ID 3042104 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 291 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000.

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AHDRC: 0090971