Headdress · Nigeria, Boki · ID: 3042692
sold
EUR 1,800
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, GermanyKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 13 March 2010, lot 171
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wooden core, stretched with leather, real hair, cowrie snails, expressive facial features: bulging eyeballs, nose in shape of a pigs nozzle, the mouth wide open with inserted human upper jaw and with the tongue stuck out, min. dam., fine cracks, missing parts (teeth), slight traces of abrasion
The object Headdress with the object ID 3042692 was last part of the auction 87th Tribal Art Auction at November 11, 2017 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 289 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,800.
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Comparing literature
Preston-Blier, Suzanne, Africa's Cross River, New York o. J., ill. 4
Publications
AHDRC: 0090880