Zemanek-Münster

Mask

Nigeria, Northern Igbo
sold EUR 1,500
Provenance
French Private Collection, Paris
Size
H: 48 cm
H: 18.9 inch

Description

wood, brown patina, remains of white, indigo blue and red pigment, flat facial plane with a disc-shaped projecting beard and tapering forehead, crowned by a conical coiffure composed of small polychrome rectangles, a band of white pigment across the eye zone, drilled holes around the rim with bulges of rotan and fabric, slightly dam., minor missing parts (eyes), a crack backside, rep. at the same place (right rim), small traces of insect caused damage


Comparing literature

Neyt, Francois, The Arts of the Benue, Belgien 1985, p. 81, ill. II.53

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