Expressive helmet mask · Nigeria, Tiv/Igala · ID: 3040262
not available anymore
Size
H: 27,5 cm
B: 38 cm
H: 10.8 inch
B: 15.0 inch
Description
wood, encrusted brown patina, red and white pigment, black paint, spherical corpus, cut in the bottom third, marked by a huge nose with broad rounded bridge and gigantically large bowl-shaped deepened ears, proportionally small eyes accentuated by paint, the head covered with drilled holes originally used for insertion of feathers, upper lip at the lower rim, missing parts through insect caused damage (above all at the lower rim, on forehead and at the back of the head), cracks, paint chipped off, traces of old age