Janushead, Nigeria, Igbo, Size: H: 24 cm (H: 9.4 inch), ID: 3044743

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Lot 186

90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art

Janushead · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3044743

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Provenance

Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany

Size

H: 24 cm

H: 9.4 inch

Description

terracotta, base

Headpiece of a “ntekpe” shrine figure once adorning the altar of a healer-diviner. “Ntekpe” ususally shows a male and a female figure sitting back to back. A comparable terracotta from the Kuhn Collection was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York in 1991.

Comparing literature

Sotheby's, New York, "The Kuhn Collection of African Art", 20 November 1991, Lot 43 (AHDRC 0099557)

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