Mask with hinged jaw "elu" · Nigeria, Ogoni · ID: 3031706
sold
EUR 400
Provenance
Manfred Schäfer, Ulm, GermanyVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
Size
H: 18,5 cm
H: 7.3 inch
Description
wood, matt patina, black paint, kaolin, tribe-typical facial features with circular pierced eyes, cap-like headgear, pierced around the rim, min. dam., traces of abrasion
Comparing literature
Wittmer, Marcilene K. & William Arnett, Three Rivers of Nigeria, Atlanta 1978, p. 44 ff.