Face mask with human figure on top · Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo · ID: 3037764
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, FranceJosef Schmitt & Heidi Sulzberger-Schmitt, Steinheim / Murr, Germany
Size
H: 64 cm
H: 25.2 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, red and yellow ochre, kaolin, narrow elongated face with extremely vaulted lids and sharp cut nose with bowed bridge, the face halves dyed in different colours, crowned by a board-shaped superstructure with a human figure superimposed, slightly dam., missing part (the figures right forearm), cracks, metal base