Auction 104 After sale
Zemanek-Münster

Dance crest in shape of an anthropomorphic head

Nigeria, Yoruba
not available anymore
Provenance
Bernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Size
H: 22,5 cm
H: 8.9 inch

Description

wood, remains of polychrome paint, tribe-typical facial features and scarfication marks, coiffure in two lobes, carved on a conical base pierced around the rim, min. dam., cracks, traces of abrasion


Comparing literature

Thompson, Robert Farris, Black Gods and Kings, Los Angeles 1971, ill. 1. LX70-17

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