Expressive head sculpture, end of 19th century

Description

wood, polychrome paint residues, base

This head sculpture was probably part of a dance crest.

An early pair of figures with comparable physiognomy, which entered the ethnographic collections of the Freiburg University as early as 1899, published in AHDRC 0186835.

The mouth, open as if to scream, lends the sculpture great expressiveness, which is further enhanced by the crusty surface texture resulting from several layers of paint.