Zemanek-Münster

Male dance crest "aku onu"

Nigeria, Jukun
not available anymore
Provenance
French Collection
Size
H: 61 cm
H: 24.0 inch

Description

wood, reddish brown patina, resin-like mass with red abrus beans, mask face with triangular see holes and horseshoe-shaped snout, carved with a cylindrical projection with an oval crest in openwork design, dam., cracks, traces of insect caused damage, small missing parts, base


Comparing literature

Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Lexikon Afrikanische Kunst und Kultur, München, Berlin 1994, p. 207

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