Mask · Nigeria, Igala · ID: 3029845
sold
EUR 1,500
Size
H: 37 cm
H: 14.6 inch
Description
wood, slightly encrusted brown patina, helmet-shaped, the face dominated by a broad teeth-revealing mouth, parallel incisions, rep. (et. al. metal clamp), minor missing parts, slight traces of abrasion, on base
Comparing literature
Neyt, Francois, The Arts of the Benue, Belgien 1985, p. 51
Exhibition
Museum der Volkenkunde, Loan Exhibition, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1960