House of the head "ile ori" · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033536
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Size
H: 29 cm
H: 11.4 inch
Description
palm fibres, leather, fabric, cowrie snails, cylindrical receptacle with fabric coating, embroidered with cowrie snails, set with four amulet bags, crown-shaped lid with four fabric triangles, slightly dam., traces of old age;
various researchers have shown that the lid of the “house of the head” is intentionally shaped like a Yoruba crown. This is a manifestation of the king’s “inner head”. His physical head is concealed by the curtain of beads hanging from the crown.
The object House of the head “ile ori” with the object ID 3033536 was last part of the auction 71st tribal art auction at November 24, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 294.
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