Zemanek-Münster

Face mask with human figure on top

Nigeria, Igbo-Afikpo
sold EUR 3,000
Provenance
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Josef 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


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