Janusheaded dance crest ·  Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3033020

Description

wood, matt patina, polychrome paint, nearly identical faces with raised scarification marks and visible rows of teeth, surmounted by a sickle-shaped headgear, min. dam., cracks, minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, on base

The object Janusheaded dance crest with the object ID 3033020 was last part of the auction 69th tribal art auction at June 2, 2012 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 328 achieved a sales price of EUR 400.

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Comparing literature

Wittmer, Marcilene K., Arnett, William, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 27, ill. 57