Female dance crest · Nigeria, Idoma · ID: 3042106

Name: Female dance crest
SKU: 3042106
Availability: Discontinued

not available anymore

Provenance

Catherine Sargos, Nancy, France

Size

H: 41 cm

H: 16.1 inch

Description

wood, dark brown patina, kaolin, light skin colour, dark scarifications, elaborate coiffure in seven lobes, slightly dam., minor missing parts, abrasion of paint;
depicts the spirit of a beautiful woman. Based on the principle of crest masks used during warrior dances, where seductive female crests respond to male masks consisting of real human skulls, which carried out the sentences of the controlling societies.

The object Female dance crest with the object ID 3042106 was last part of the auction 86th Tribal Art Auction at May 27, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 312.

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