Dance crest with janus head · Nigeria, Ijaw · ID: 3043526

Name: Dance crest with janus head
SKU: 3043526
Price: 1600 EUR
Availability: SoldOut

sold EUR 1,600

Provenance

Old British Collection, London
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 200

Size

H: 52 cm

H: 20.5 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, partly encrusted polychrome paint, slightly dam., traces of insect caused damage, paint rubbed off, missing parts (top of the head).
The most important masquerades of the Ijaw are performed once a year in honour of the water spirits “ekine”. Aside of dance crests in the shape of human heads like the present one, they use big fish- or amphibian-shaped crests.

The object Dance crest with janus head with the object ID 3043526 was last part of the auction 88th Tribal Art Auction at March 10, 2018 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 297 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,600.

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