Headboard · Nigeria, Jarawa · ID: 3036681
sold
EUR 300
Provenance
German CollectionSize
L: 47,5 cm
B: 19,5 cm
L: 18.7 inch
B: 7.7 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, of slightly vaulted form, completely decorated with geometrical incisions, breakage repaired with thin metal sheet, min. dam., small missing parts, traces of abrasion and usage;
used for carrying loads.
The object Headboard with the object ID 3036681 was last part of the auction 76th tribal art auction at March 22, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 458 achieved a sales price of EUR 300.
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Comparing literature
Sieber, Roy, Sculpture of Northern Nigeria, New York 1961, p. 45, ill. 37