Head · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3037235
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 22 cm
H: 8.7 inch
Description
wood, partly shiny dark brown patina, metal tags, scarification marks on forehead and cheeks, elaborate coiffure with lobes arranged in parallel rows, partly hollowed backside, min. dam., small missing parts, slight traces of abrasion;
probably a lid of a ritual vessel.
The object Head with the object ID 3037235 was last part of the auction 78th tribal art auction at October 18, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 343 achieved a sales price of EUR 500.
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Expertise
Gutachten Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, München, 22.4.2003