Janusheaded dance crest · Nigeria, Igbo · ID: 3033020
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Adalbert von Alföldy, Eislingen, GermanySize
H: 36,5 cm
H: 14.4 inch
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
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K., Arnett, William, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 27, ill. 57