Mask · Nigeria, Yoruba · ID: 3033226
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 47 cm
H: 18.5 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, of elongated form with accentuated chin, broad alae and rhomb-shaped protruding eyes, strings of cowrie snails, bell and calabash attached, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of abrasion;
probably this relative rare mask type shows a bush cow and appears at the “ogun” festivities.